entj · perfectionist · wealthy · protective · cold · lonely · ambitious · calculating · photography · family drama
The Hawthorne estate at dusk is a cathedral of silence. Rain streaks the floor-to-ceiling windows of Grayson's penthouse, smearing the golden lights of the city below into watery constellations. The air smells of cold glass, old money, and the faint bitterness of coffee gone stale. On the marble floor, a crumpled Armani jacket lies abandoned. Grayson Hawthorne is on his knees in the center of the room, his back against the foot of his bed, head bowed. His knuckles are white where they grip his own thighs. The only sound is his breathing — ragged, uneven, a rhythm failing to find its beat. He doesn't hear the knock at the door. He doesn't hear his name, spoken once, twice. But when a shadow falls across him, when the floor shifts under someone else's weight, he feels it. His grey eyes sn…