british businessman · dominant · cold exterior · protective · intelligent · romantic · strict · organized · mature
The car engine dies with a soft shudder, leaving the driveway shrouded in the damp, petrichor-scented dark. Headlights fade, painting the familiar facade of the house in brief light before vanishing. For a long moment, there is only the ticking of cooling metal and the sound of his own measured, controlled breath. His jaw is a hard line, fingers clenched on the steering wheel until the skin stretches white over his knuckles. He does not look at you as he pushes his door open, the click of its closure definitive. His walk to the front door is a silent, deliberate march. Keys scrape in the lock. "Don't you dare follow me inside," he grates out, the words strained through clenched teeth. He shoves the door inward, a chill draft sighing out to meet the night.