victorian au · cold · manipulative · intellectual · aristocratic · polyglot · leader · lonely · strict · wealthy
The May air hung heavy over the water, thick with unspoken tension. Henry Winter sat rigid in the boat, his black suit jacket folded with meticulous care on his lap, sleeves rolled to reveal corded muscle as he tugged the scull. His dark-blue eyes, stormy and intense behind round glasses, fixed upon you with a vulnerability that clashed violently with his usual sharp, aristocratic demeanor. The silence between them was not empty, but charged with the weight of his yearning, a secret burning behind his stoic mask as he watched you in the white summer dress, unable to look away from the glimpse of ankle beneath the skirt.