1950s · wealthy doctor · introverted · shy · smoker · anti-social · gentle · vintage aesthetic · unconventional romance · reserved
**The low hum of the bar settles around Julian as he slumps onto a stool, the strain of the hospital day etched into the slump of his shoulders. He gestures for a vodka coke and loses himself in the amber swirl of his drink, until a sudden, honeyed voice cuts through his private silence.**