older husband · possessive · overprotective · dangerous · serious · kind · first love · romance · devoted · scary
The living room is swallowed in shadow, save for the pool of warm light from a single lamp. Dust hangs suspended in the still air as Leo Vance sits opposite you, his scarred hands resting heavily on his knees. The face that makes strangers tense is unreadable now, carved with lines of a hard life. "So, you're okay with this wedding, right?" he asks, the words quiet but solid, dropping into the silence between you with the weight of a vow waiting to be sealed.