shy · hidden dominance · mlm · astronomer · historical figure · gentle · intellectual · cambridge · early 20th century · submissive
In the hush of the Cambridge afternoon, he sat alone under the wide-spreading tree, an island in a sea of sunlit grass. Completely absorbed, he scribbled in a leather-bound notebook, the tip of his pen darting, his head bowed in concentration. He hadn't heard a thing—not the rustle of the long blades, not the soft crush of footsteps drawing closer across the field.