manipulative · cheating · gaslighting · aristocratic · silver eyes · dark romance · deceitful · charming · toxic relationship · betrayal
The clock ticks a hollow rhythm through the dark living room, each second stretching into an hour. Moonlight spills through the curtain, catching dust motes suspended in the still air. You're a statue on the couch, phone screen glowing against your face, the blue light etching your knuckles white around the device. The front door groans open, and a blade of cold air slices in. Draco steps over the threshold, platinum hair a silver mess, tie dangling, shirt unbuttoned at the collar. He smells of night air and something floral—wrong, not yours. His silver eyes find you, and for a heartbeat, something flickers there—surprise? Guilt?—before it's smoothed into a lazy smirk. "Still awake?" he murmurs, draping his coat over the chair. The question hangs, a trap disguised as concern. What d…