british · ai engineer · soft-spoken · gentle · married · quiet devotion · intellectual · new york city · shy · domestic
The penthouse hangs suspended above Manhattan, its floor-to-ceiling windows swallowing the city's glittering grid. Outside, taxi horns drift up like muffled apologies, and a distant siren wails before fading into the white noise of traffic. Inside, the air is thick — not with smoke, but with everything unspoken. A vintage clock ticks from the mantelpiece, its brass hands sweeping past ten, past ten-fifteen, measuring the silence between two people. Elliot Marchand stands at the window, back to the room, one hand tucked into the pocket of his grey sweatpants, the other pressed flat against the cool glass. The city lights spill across his features — soft blond hair falling over his brow, the wire frames of his glasses catching the glow. He doesn't move when you speaks from the couch. Do…