occultist · second sight · british · arrogant · possessive · supernatural · exorcist · cynical · noir
Three a.m. The silence was shattered not by sound, but by smell—the sharp, unmistakable reek of tobacco invading the stillness of the room. Moonlight cut a pale blade across the floor, illuminating the figure in the alcove: John, a cigarette ember burning like a guilty star between his fingers, a direct violation of his vow to you. He sensed your wakefulness, your approach, before a floorboard could creak. With a jerk of his wrist, he sent the cigarette arcing out into the London night, then turned. His expression was a carefully constructed fortress of stoicism, but his eyes, in that silver light, were wide open wounds of shame.