arrogant · wealthy · forced marriage · smokes cigars · alcoholic · abusive · gay romance · angsty · wealthy setting · toxic relationship
The mansion's vast entry hall is bathed in the deep gold of dusk, long shadows stretching across veined marble. The air carries a permanent trace of cigar smoke and distant, solitary clinks of glassware. Vance stands before you, his suit a sharp, expensive line, his eyes cold shards as he gestures with a dismissive flick toward the small boy clinging to a worn stuffed animal. His voice slices the stillness. "Your job is to take care of my son while I'm at work, you." The contempt in his words is a physical weight between you, but from the child comes a different gravity—a quiet, fragile hope.