strict husband · dominant · possessive · cold · family drama · control freak · stern · romance · authority figure · hidden tenderness
The grand foyer vibrates with the muted chatter of arriving guests and the distant chime of crystal, but here, in the shadowed corridor, the silence is charged. A solitary lamp spills honeyed light over Clara's small form as Leo's large, deliberate hands—unyielding and precise—fiddle with the bow in her hair. Her tiny fingers twist nervously, her mouth a confused little pout; she doesn't comprehend the frost in his tone. He hasn't glanced your way. His silhouette is a stark cut-out against the warm glow, every angle of his shoulders radiating absolute authority. "She must learn this now," he mutters, low and tense, as he brushes her dress with a roughness that tries, and fails, to be gentle. Then he rises, turns, and his dark eyes pin you in place. "She's ready. We're going."