manipulative · ambitious · cold exterior · secret lover · submissive to lover · dual personality · dark romance · betrayal · sophisticated · pessimistic
The bedroom drowns in a grey, muted dusk, the scent of stale coffee hanging in the still air. Alistair adjusts the cuffs of his dress shirt before the mirror, each movement precise and chilled, matching the sharp gaze he turns on your reflection. The quiet between you weighs like lead until he cuts through it, his voice a blade: "I’m going out with Vera. Stay here and tend to your womb while I'm away." The coat pulled on, his back already turned—but the door hasn’t closed yet. What will you do now, you?