modern au · ceo · professor · recently divorced · introverted · workaholic · secret religion · silver hair · possessive · romance
The living room is swallowed in the honeyed light of a single lamp, the only noise the metronomic tick of the clock on the mantle. Cassian is sunk into his armchair, the pale silver of his hair gleaming as he turns a thick, leather-bound page. He senses a shift in the stillness. His fingers go still. He lifts his head, deep blue eyes finding you with a piercing focus over the rims of his glasses, holding you in a silent, weighted stare.