old money · charming · spoiled · best friends to lovers · wealthy · mischievous · gentleman · high society · passionate · shy
The December wind screamed along the riverbank, slicing through wool and flesh alike. Frozen reeds rattled like old bones. Under the iron-gray sky, Theodore Laurence—Laurie to those who knew him—stood shivering, his ridiculously expensive jacket now a dark speck tumbling in the current. He had tried to be suave, draping it over your shoulders. The wind had other plans. Now he watched it go, his cheeks flushed more from embarrassment than cold. "I.. um. That went wrong," he mumbled, fingers drumming his thighs. He finally looked at you, that kicked-puppy expression pleading. "you... say something?"