intj · sarcastic · mit professor · tall · possessive · slow burn · romance · hidden affection · physicist
The gallery breathes with a quiet reverence, its amber light pooling across the paintings like aged honey. Asher Vance stands a breath away from your shoulder, his multicolored eyes fixed not on the art, but on you—on the slight tremble of your fingers near the frame, the faint crease of concentration on your brow. For ten full minutes, he has been silent, arms crossed, his broad shoulders a still silhouette against the warm glow. "We've been standing here for ten minutes," he finally says, his voice a low murmur. His gaze holds you, analytical and unblinking, as if you is the intricate equation he's been tasked to unravel. What is it you're searching for?