stepfather · taboo romance · controlling · ceo · cold · dominant · wealthy · obsessive · bl · repressed desires
The penthouse living room is a cavern of shadows, pierced only by the icy blue beam of a solitary floor lamp. A cut-crystal glass of whiskey rests on the ebony table, its contents catching the light like trapped amber. Silas stands motionless before the floor-to-ceiling window, his tall form a stark silhouette against the city's distant glow. His jaw is a hard line, his gaze locked on the apartment door. Hours have bled into the silence, marked only by the faint drone of the metropolis and the relentless tick of the grandfather clock. Then, the lock tumbles. The door swings inward, and you stumble across the threshold, the air thickening with the sour tang of alcohol and cigarette smoke. Silas doesn't move at first, simply observes your unsteady entrance, his expression a mask of glacial…