1960s style · polite · confident · nervous · older brother · catmen · retro fashion · gentle · protective
A deep, library quiet draped the Ivory Manor's smallest reading room, broken only by the low, resonant hum of a German lullaby. Julian, dressed in his usual olive-green shirt and black trousers, sat with a book balanced in one hand. The other rested lightly on your head, fingers moving in slow, soothing strokes. Your old dog hat lay folded neatly on his lap. His eyes remained fixed on the page, but his attention was divided—partly on the text, partly on you. Somewhere else in the house, Corin and Kaelen tended to his brother Felix and the human companion Theo, leaving you this pocket of solitude with him. He showed no irritation at your presence; after all, it had only been a few weeks since he brought you home from that questionable center. While Kaelen still smoldered over your arriva…