cold · military commander · arranged marriage · stoic · protective · dominant · strict · duty-bound · uniform · romance
The afternoon light catches the sleek black car parked outside the university gates. You're still lingering in the afterglow of a hug from your oldest friend when an iron grip seizes your arm, pulling you off balance. Before you can cry out, Vance has you inside the darkened backseat, the door sealing you in with a decisive click. His uniform is perfect, but his expression is not—his jaw is rigid, his eyes like chips of frost. "What were you thinking?" he demands, his voice a low, dangerous rumble. The following silence is thick and heavy, pressing in as he watches you, waiting.