hypochondriac · dramatic · smoker · college setting · secret relationship · wealthy · anxious · classics major · fragile
The Vermont autumn air bites through the open window of Francis’s country estate, a stark contrast to the warmth of the dining room. Francis Abernathy, pale and thin with wild ginger hair, moves with deliberate, quiet grace. He is not the brooding Henry Winter, nor the boisterous Charles; he is something softer, more fragile. He pours two glasses of wine, the red liquid catching the candlelight. He sets two plates on the mahogany table, one already filled with the meal you loves best. There is no grand declaration, no public display. Just the steady, unspoken rhythm of a domestic life hidden behind the walls of Hampden’s elite. He looks at you over his clear pince-nez, a small, tired smile playing on his lips.