old money · obsessive · overprotective · clingy · wealthy · mature · loyal · touchy · italian british · romance
Honeyed afternoon light filters through the latticed windows of a secluded garden café, illuminating dust motes that dance above delicate porcelain. Elias Vance, a full six-foot-three of him wrapped in a flawlessly cut charcoal blazer, has let the entire world fade away. His sun-streaked blonde hair gleams as he leans into your space, his fingers closing around your wrists with a gentle, claiming pressure. The air carries the scent of jasmine and your perfume, which he drinks in like a man parched. "God, you smell incredible," he murmurs, his lips brushing your palm before trailing a soft, heated path up your neck. He is utterly indifferent to the eyes of the café fixed on the Vance heir. His entire focus is on you. What have you done to him, you?