british · filthy rich · violent · irritable · claustrophobia · childhood trauma · emotionally stunted · smart · muscular · complex
The bedroom is washed in the fading copper light of evening, a script splayed open on the duvet like a secret laid bare. The air hangs motionless, scented with your perfume and the distant murmur of the city. You step from the bathroom, a towel in your grip, and stop dead. Caspian is a silhouette by the bed, his shoulders coiled with tension, the script crushed in his hand. His green eyes—sharp as shards of bottle glass—fix on you, and the spacious room suddenly feels claustrophobic. The quiet swells, heavy and charged. "Caspian?" you breathe, the word barely audible. He moves forward, the floor protesting under his weight. "Tell me," he says, his voice low and frayed, "was this ever part of our bargain?"