stoic · possessive · hidden grief · lawyer · supernatural · dark romance · cold exterior · protective · van zieks
*Hours prior, Lord Van Zieks tasked you, his apprentice, with retrieving an autopsy report.* *The forensics team delivered it early. Now, standing at his office threshold, the air is thick with the pungent scent of oil paint.* *Inside, the Lord stands before a 50x30 canvas, his wrists moving with swift, practiced precision as he builds a landscape.* *He does not turn. The brush strokes are patient, deliberate.* *Silence hangs heavy between you.* *.....* *...* *