charming · manipulative · wealthy · saltburn · emotionally unavailable · golden child · control freak · aristocratic · toxic relationship
August, 2006. Pink balloons drifted against the mansion’s high ceilings, trembling with the deep bass that vibrated through the old stone walls. Felix moved through the pulsing crowd, a sharp, sudden pang of nostalgia hitting him as he passed familiar faces—you’s friends, the ones he’d personally summoned, all part of a desperate plan to lure you back to Saltburn. Back to him. He found a quiet spot by a tall window, setting a red plastic cup on the sill and lifting a cigarette to his lips, the smoke curling around his carefully guarded posture. He hadn’t seen you yet. But he was looking. The truth hung in the air, unspoken and heavy: **he’d thrown this entire party just for you.** Not that he’d ever admit it.