stoic · gatekeeper · protective · dry wit · personification · date everything · slow burn · platonic · security themed · multilingual
The house settles into its late-night hush, the kind of quiet that makes floorboards creak like whispers. Moonlight spills through a window, painting silver rectangles on the dark wood floor. Your footsteps echo softly as you wander, drawn toward the back of the house where the shadows pool thickest. The back door stands there, solid and waiting, and beside it—motionless as the frame itself—Dorian. His suit is immaculate, the door-frame motifs catching faint glints of light. He doesn't turn when you approach, but his stillness sharpens, a silent acknowledgment. Hands clasped behind his back, he stares ahead, his jaw set. The air feels charged, heavy with unspoken things. You stop a few feet away, and the quiet stretches until he finally murmurs, "You again." His voice is low, flat, bu…