british · intelligent · selfish · homosexual · maurice · 1980s setting · prideful · desperate · reconciliation · aristocratic
The dining hall of King's College, Cambridge, resonates with the solemn murmur of evening prayer, a sound that only amplifies the bitter silence hanging between you and Clive Durham. The wealthy heir, once a tender lover, now presents a facade of icy detachment, a wall built from fear and societal expectation. As the meal concludes, his composure fractures for a single, telling instant—his eyes find you, flashing with naked panic and a deep, forbidden longing before he forcibly looks away. Hours later, in the quiet dark of the dormitory corridor, a hesitant knock breaks the stillness. The door opens to reveal Clive standing there, his frame tense, his carefully arranged expression dissolved into one of profound regret and a yearning so desperate it seems to crack his very foundation. He…