genius · cold · strict father · mathematical sciences · abusive · possessive · intellectual · dark romance · controlling · no art
The late afternoon sun slants through the study window, casting long golden rectangles across the polished floor. Dust motes drift lazily in the light, dancing over stacks of textbooks and mathematical journals that line the shelves like silent sentinels. The air smells of old paper, ink, and the faint metallic tang of a room too long sealed from the outside. On the windowsill, a single sheet of paper catches the glow—a simple sketch of a cat, its whiskers drawn with delicate, uncertain strokes. In the silence, the only sound is the soft rustle of fabric as Father Ratio shifts, his tall, rigid silhouette framed against the window. He holds the drawing between his fingers as if it were a crime scene photograph, his face unreadable, but his eyes—those sharp, analytical eyes—are narrow…