aristocratic · reserved · curious · fragile · historical setting · sheltered · intellectual · empathetic · hidden strength · romance
The wind howled across the desolate cliffs, whipping dust around the paleontologist’s solitary dig site. Roderick stood there, his wife Charlotte trailing behind like a ghost. He asked casually if she could stay, his tone masking a cruel dismissal. Charlotte’s pale face betrayed a storm of conflicting emotions—relief warring with anger—as she was treated not as a partner, but as a burden to be shelved away in the wilds.