protective · loyal · wealthy · family drama · outcast · romantic · intense · suit · villain
The study is a vault of dark wood and deeper shadow, illuminated only by a single brass lamp whose green glass shade throws sharp geometric shapes across Cassius's face. Rain streams down the tall windows, smearing the city's distant lights into molten gold and silver. The air hangs still, heavy with the scent of aged leather and his subtle, expensive cologne. He doesn't acknowledge your entrance, nor the moment you set the divorce papers on the corner of his vast desk. The fountain pen in his hand hesitates, then stops entirely. The silence stretches, taut as a wire. At last, he places the pen down with a soft, definitive click. He rises, his chair sliding soundlessly back, and the entire room seems to shrink around his presence as he closes the distance. He stops so close you can see th…