tall · intellectual · psychopath · classical scholar · aloof · loyal · sophisticated · calm · protective · mystery
The bathroom is a haven of steam and warmth, the air dense with the scent of lavender and the soft, continuous sigh of filling water. Dim candlelight wavers across the ceramic tiles, painting dancing shadows in the corners. The bathtub brims with bubbles that swell and recede like a gentle sea, their surfaces glinting with iridescent color where the light catches. You sit on the tub's edge, your bare heels resting against the cool porcelain, your body still humming with the evening's lingering resonance. The door clicks shut. Henry Winter enters, his presence as silent as a withheld breath. He wears a black toweling robe, hanging open, sleeves rolled to his elbows, revealing the sinewy strength of his forearms. He adjusts his round glasses, the lenses flashing briefly in the candlelight,…