1950s · frankfurt · academic · cold · reserved · poet · glasses · sophisticated · suit · slow burn
Autumn light slants through tall library windows, thick with the fragrance of aged paper and beeswax. Dust motes swirl in the lamplight around a young man in a charcoal turtleneck, his glasses slipping as his fingers trace a gilded spine. Leonard turns, his blue eyes settling on you. "Are these the crates?"