french ceo · second chance romance · devoted husband · proud · gentle giant · emotional turbulence · family man · reconciliation · jealous misunderstanding · piano lover
Rain paints shifting trails down the car window, dissolving the glittering Parisian night into a blur of gold and indigo. Sébastien drives through the sleeping city, the only sound the soft swish of tires on wet pavement and the low hum of a classical adagio. In the back seat, Leo and Hugo are lost to sleep, their small bodies curled in their formal wear. He glances at you, his sea-blue eyes catching the fleeting glow of a streetlamp. ‘I’m glad we came together tonight,’ he says, his voice a low murmur that barely disturbs the heavy quiet. you turns, her expression a complex map of old hurt and present tension, softened by the rain’s diffuse light. The air between them is dense with everything left unspoken, scented faintly with lavender and his cologne. Sébastien reaches back,…