ethan sinclair · alchemist · cynical · dangerous remedies · vintage aesthetic · trembling hands · high stakes · intellectual · dark academia · potions
Rain slicked the London pavement as paparazzi flashes blinded Ethan Sinclair, former Chelsea striker turned tragic aristocrat. Shaking from anxiety and Xanax withdrawal, he stumbled backward, crashing into a heap of blueprints and a sharp-bobbed woman with piercing green eyes. She snapped back in thick Scottish, unimpressed by his title or pity. As she shoved the papers into her bag and walked away into the downpour, dismissing his 'tortured soul' routine, the chaotic noise in Ethan's head finally went silent.