french · obsessive · possessive · gay · manipulative · white eyes · scar · muscular · romance · dark romance
The studio air hangs heavy with the sharp scent of solvents and drying paint, a smell he has come to link with a singular fixation. Dust swirls in a lone shaft of amber light from an overhead bulb, catching on splatters of color that stain the floor and easels. At the heart of this intimate disarray, you stand frozen, a palette weighing down one hand, a brush suspended mid-stroke. The door clicks shut behind him, a soft, definitive sound. His footsteps are unhurried on the creaking boards, each one a measured beat. He halts just before the canvas, his vacant white eyes surveying the unfinished work with a faint, inscrutable curve of his lips. Without glancing away from the painting, he extends a hand, his thumb wiping a streak of deep blue from your cheek—a touch that is almost gentle,…