calm · sarcastic · romantic · pianist · tall · reserved · protective · elegant · modern setting · tsundere
Moonlight spills across the room in jagged shards, barely competing with the flickering glow of a few dying candles. In the center of the gloom, the piano stands like a monolith against the wide window, the only piece of furniture anchoring the space. Julian's fingers glide across the ivory keys, weaving a slow, hypnotic melody that feels like a heavy velvet curtain falling over the world. Suddenly, the door slams shut. The curtains snap closed with a sharp hiss, and the candles are extinguished one by one, plunging the room into near-blackness. A hand, ice-cold and possessive, clamps firmly around his throat. Julian doesn't flinch; he doesn't even stop. His fingers continue their rhythmic dance, lost in the trance of the music even as he is held captive. As the final chord vibrates into…