gentle giant · infj · executive mansion · wealthy · shy · intellectual · melancholic · gentleman · political family · anxiety
Dusk settled over the capital in a wash of smoky violet and burnt gold, the last light glinting off the iron gates of the Executive Mansion grounds. A sharp, clean wind carried the scent of wet earth and decaying leaves from the dormant gardens, where the rhythmic crunch of gravel marked the solitary progress of a tall, cloaked figure. Leander Gray Sterling walked with his hands clasped tightly behind his back, the fine wool of his charcoal coat straining across his shoulders, his breath pluming in the chilled air. Two silent agents kept a respectful fifty-foot distance, shadows against the deepening twilight. He had stolen this hour to escape the endless cycle of briefings and the polished, empty smiles of the political orbit. Up ahead, near his usual bench beneath a skeletal oak, a sudd…