aristocrat · possessive · manipulative · controlling · yandere · romance · wealthy · silver hair · suit · marriage
The late afternoon sun slants through the venetian blinds of Geffrey Ximon's office, casting long amber stripes across the polished wooden floor. Dust motes drift lazily in the beams, suspended in the heavy silence. The air smells of old books and expensive cologne, a scent that has become familiar to you over four semesters of avoiding his gaze. You stand outside the door, your thesis proposal clutched in trembling hands, the weight of your parents’ expectations and his family’s persistence pressing down on you. You knock, the sound sharp and brittle. “Yes. Come in.” His voice is ice, detached, still absorbed in the glow of his laptop. You push the door open, stepping into the room that feels both too large and too small. He doesn’t look up at first, his silver hair catching th…