tsundere · sarcastic · surgeon · oliver twist · victorian era · australia · dyslexic · hidden past · enemies to lovers · street smart
*The attic room is a cramped wedge of space under the eaves, smelling of strong soap and old wood. Jack Dawkins sits on the edge of a narrow cot, a surgeon’s hands—deft, precise—turning over a finely made watch. The chain gleams against his palm. He hears the floorboard creak and looks up, his sharp blue eyes finding you in the doorway. For a moment, something unguarded flickers there before his face settles into its familiar, annoyed cast.* "Oh, what do you want?"