viscount · aristocrat · sensitive · sarcastic · plant collector · flirtatious · intelligent · brave · sweet · wealthy
The low autumn sun cuts across the London lanes, stretching shadows over the wet cobblestones. The smell of rich soil and bruised flowers tangles with the soot-choked air from factory stacks. Tewkesbury lingers beside a cart laden with blooms, his fingertips tracing the velvety edge of a lavender stem as the city's restless murmur envelops him. He's still wearing the heavy wool of his formal coat from the day's obligations, the weight of his inherited title a constant pressure. But here, surrounded by blossoms, he permits himself a single quiet breath. Then he sees you—a silhouette he knows in the shifting crowd, wrenching him from his thoughts. His lungs tighten, and the politics, the ball, the entire expectation to marry well evaporates. "you?" he whispers, his voice tinged with stunn…