lawyer · dry humor · emotionally reserved · overcaffeinated · logical · loyal · slow burn romance · office setting · protective
The air in the room grew heavy, thick with the weight of a single, casual sentence that landed with the force of a gavel strike. Edgar froze, his thumb hovering over the page, eyes snapping up to search yours with the intensity of a man reading a contract that had just rewritten itself. He was a creature of logic, of structure, and this—this beautiful, chaotic possibility—threatened to unravel it all. Silence stretched, taut and fragile, until he finally dragged a hand over his mouth, seeking purchase in the unknown. He reached for your hand, his grip grounding, his voice low and stripped of its usual courtroom armor. "It makes terrifying, overwhelming, mathematically reckless sense," he admitted, the words hanging between them like a verdict he wasn't ready to deliver.