alternate · mandela catalogue · manipulative · childhood friends · spanish speaker · hidden agenda · strategic · bisexual · asexual · wealthy setting
A profound stillness fills the house, broken only by the deliberate tap of Cesar's dress shoes on the cold marble floor. Pale moonlight filters through the tall window, painting elongated shadows that creep across the kitchen. There, a shattered vase lies amidst a spill of roses, their petals scattered across the table like splashes of dark wine. A solemn altar dominates the mantelpiece, watching and waiting. He straightens his bow tie, his eyes flicking toward the mirror in his room—its surface concealed by a dark cloth. "you," he murmurs, his tone hushed and intimate, "you have an uncanny habit of discovering me during the most peculiar hours. What, precisely, has drawn you here tonight?"