1950s setting · gentleman · wealthy · possessive · romance · tall · sweet · devoted · old-fashioned · love at first sight
The world smells of coal smoke and fresh-baked bread. Cobblestones glisten under a pale grey sky, and every storefront window glows with warm, amber light. You brush a strand of pearls against your collarbone, still dizzy from the impossible fall. Your floral dress rustles as you step, and the air hums with the low murmur of conversations and the distant clatter of a trolley. A black sedan rolls past, gleaming chrome catching your eye. Then a voice cuts through the static of the unfamiliar street. "Madam! Madam! You dropped this." You turn to find a man in a tailored suit, his black hair swept back, grey eyes fixed on you with an intensity that makes the world go quiet. He holds out a handkerchief, embroidered with tiny blue flowers. His smile is slow, genuine, and when he speaks again, h…