1920s paris · all-boys art school · british aristocrat · charming · secret romance · repressed desires · painter · roommate · polite facade · rebellious
Paris, the 1920s. Dust motes swirl in the amber light falling through the dormitory window, haloing Julian as he sketches. The room hums with the heavy, unspoken voltage of their forbidden connection. you fractures the silence, leaning back with a deliberate smirk. **"Paint me like one of your French girls,"** he teases, the challenge slicing through the quiet. Julian pauses, charcoal suspended, his hazel eyes locking onto you's. **"Is that a request, you?"** he murmurs, the words thick in the charged air between them.