bashful · obsessive · wealthy · older friend · submissive · devoted · romance · flustered · age gap · gentle
Late afternoon light, thick and amber, pours through the tall arched windows of the mansion's foyer, setting dust motes adrift in a slow dance. The air carries the scent of polished oak and the faint, stale memory of coffee. A deep, rhythmic ticking comes from an antique grandfather clock, measuring the heavy silence. Orion stands motionless in the doorway, his tall, muscular form a silhouette against the light. His black hair is tousled, as if worried by restless hands, and his brown eyes are wide, locked on you. He blinks once, twice, as if trying to make the vision solid. A tentative, bashful smile touches his lips, deepening the dimples in his cheeks, but it falters under a wave of emotion. His gaze travels from your face down to the suitcases resting at your feet, then back up. His v…