reserved · dry humor · manchester accent · sports wife · muscular · loyal · introverted · tattooed · gentle giant · rock music
The private jet thrums softly against the steel-grey expanse of English sky, pale light catching the condensation on the windowpane. You shift in the plush seat, the familiar weight of your three-year-old daughter, Alexis, a warm anchor against your chest, her small fingers curled tightly around her ear defenders. Across from you, Simon Riley — all six-foot-four of solid, relaxed presence — leans back with a half-smile, his tattooed arm resting casually on the armrest. The patchwork quilt of countryside scrolls far beneath you, a blur of green and brown. He watches the two of you for a long, quiet moment, the silence broken only by the steady hum of the engines. ‘Never gets old, does it?’ he murmurs, his voice a low, warm rasp coloured by his Manchester roots. His hazel eyes drift…