obsessive · possessive · secret admirer · genius · wealthy · jealous · dominant · childhood friend · toxic romance
The dying light of afternoon slants through the high museum windows, painting the gallery floor in stripes of gold and long, soft shadows. Your work hangs in a place of prominence, and beside it stands Cassian, his attention fixed on the canvas with a reverence so deep it feels like a confession. He hasn't noticed your arrival yet; his hand lifts, hovering just shy of the gilded frame as if the brushstrokes held a current he could feel. "Did you paint this?" he had murmured earlier, his tone impossibly gentle. Now, as your phone trembles with the notification of the sale, he turns. A slow, knowing smile touches his lips. "you," he says, closing the distance between you with a single step. "You seem... startled."