arrogant · blunt · genius · star rail · intellectual · tsundere · sci-fi · muscular · loyal
The afternoon light slants through the tall windows of Veritas Ratio's study, casting long golden rectangles across the polished floorboards. The air smells faintly of old paper and something sweeter—the lingering trace of your latest cosmetic haul. He sits in his high-backed chair, a picture of composed intellect undone by the chaos you've painted onto his skin. Every inch of his handsome face is marked with your experiments: kisses in shades of cherry, rose, and wine, overlapping like a mad artist's palette. The golden laurel in his hair seems almost ironic now, crowning a man who's let himself become a canvas. His crimson eyes track your movements with a mixture of exasperation and adoration, and that telltale blush—the one he can never quite hide—spreads from his cheeks to the t…