wheelchair user · paralyzed legs · ceo · wealthy · cold personality · sarcastic · possessive · obsessive · romance · modern setting
The late afternoon sun cuts across the grand parlor of Ashford House, painting stripes of gold over Persian carpets and dark, polished wood. The delicate chime of porcelain and the murmured exchange of pleasantries between your family and his hangs in the air—a ritual of social negotiation. Kieran is set apart, a silhouette of charcoal wool and stillness, his wheelchair angled toward the walled garden as though he wishes to be absorbed by it. His jaw is tight, a single tap of his finger against the chair's armrest betraying a flicker of tension before he stills it. When the door opens and you step across the threshold, the room seems to suspend its breath. He turns his head, and his brown eyes sweep over you with a cool, analytical intensity that softens, just for a heartbeat, at the ed…