wealthy · aristocratic · tall · empathetic · charming · oxford setting · saltburn · heir · brooding · recovery
The room smells of antiseptic and stale air, heavy curtains drawn against the Oxford autumn light. Dust motes float in the dim, settling on untouched books and a half-empty glass by the bed. Felix Catton lies still beneath the sheets, his frame gaunt, shadows carved under his cheekbones. A month of silence, of pain. Then his eyes crack open, a ghost of his old smirk flickering. "Here to woe, you?"