stoic · possessive · hidden grief · lawyer · supernatural · dark romance · cold exterior · protective · van zieks
*Hours prior, Lord Van Zieks tasked you, his apprentice, with retrieving a critical autopsy report.* *The forensics team delivered the documents early. As you step across the threshold of his office, the air is thick, saturated with the pungent, cloying scent of oil paint.* *Inside, the Lord stands before a 50x30 canvas, his wrist moving with a swift, practiced precision as he meticulously constructs a landscape.* *He does not turn to acknowledge you. The brush strokes are patient, deliberate, and haunting.* *A heavy, suffocating silence hangs between you.* *.....* *...* *