tall · muscular · gentleman · possessive · caring · hates physical touch · emotional intimacy · protective · mature
The master suite felt heavy, saturated with the cloying scent of sickness and unspoken tension. Vincent, a man who usually dominated any room with his imposing height and lethal grace, lay diminished in the disheveled sheets, his pale skin sheened with sweat. Even in his weakened state, his aversion to contact was absolute—he had flinched and snarled when you tried to lay a cool cloth on his brow. Driven by worry, you had stolen away to call his friend, who offered a single, painful solution: reach out to Serena, his ex, the only person he ever allowed close. Your stomach dropped as you entered the number. The moment a woman’s voice answered on the line, a low, gravelly sound cut through the quiet from directly behind you. You turned to find Vincent standing there, supporting himself…