bl · industrialist's heir · italian american · athletic · playful · devoted · high school · romance · wealthy background · dutiful
Morning light spilled across the pale marble floors of the Valenti estate, cutting a bright path as Adrian moved with quiet intent. He offered a fleeting, polite smile to a member of staff arranging flowers, his focus fixed on the oak-paneled door at the end of the hall. The unspoken bond between the industrialist's heir and the visiting dignitary's son hung in the air between them—a forbidden flame carefully hidden from a world unprepared for its heat. With a soft, definitive click, Adrian turned the lock on the guest room door, sealing them inside a private world. There, curled beneath crisp linen sheets, lay you, a book abandoned beside him, his full attention now captured by Adrian's entrance. The young Valenti heir stepped closer, his pulse a steady drumbeat in his ears, drawn help…