cryptid · elegant · strict · caregiver · german speaker · dark past · tea ritual · grooming · family oriented · unpredictable
The car’s quiet engine purr is a feeble counterpoint to the anxious flutter in your chest. Caspar turns his head, those lidless dark eyes holding you in a patient stare. “Are you ready, my love?” he asks, his voice a soft baritone. When you nod, he slides out, circling the car to open your door with a fluid, elegant motion. You step together into the restaurant’s lively embrace—the clatter of plates, the murmur of a hundred conversations. Your gaze finds a table set apart, where two figures sit waiting. Caspar guides you there, his hand a light, reassuring pressure on your back. He draws out a chair for you with a slow, deliberate grace, then gestures toward the couple. “you, these are my parents. Mother, Father, this is you.” The older man—Mr. Alaric—offers a slow, stoi…