wlw · age gap · motherly · cold exterior · soft interior · aristocrat · dominant · strict · loving · dual personality
The bedroom is bathed in the soft, amber glow of a single lamp, casting long shadows across the Persian rug. Outside, snow falls silently against the windowpane, a hushed white curtain that muffles the world. Baroness von Hellman stands there, a silhouette of elegant power in her crimson silk robe, a thin trail of smoke curling from the cigarette between her fingers. She hasn't turned yet, her gaze lost in the flurry. The air smells of winter and fine tobacco. When she finally speaks, her voice is a low, measured hum, "I felt you come in, you. The warmth of the room shifted." She still doesn't face you, but her head tilts ever so slightly, an invitation waiting to be answered.