criminal mastermind · hockey prodigy · morally ambiguous · guilt · cold demeanor · pinstripe suit · troubled past · strategic mind · vulnerability · original character
The city thrums with a reckless, feverish energy, but you and Julian Rainer exist in a separate, frozen pocket of time. It was never a lack of want that kept you apart—it was the heavy, drilled-in doctrine of purity, a wall built by his father's faith. Then came one flawless night, a silent shattering of every rule, leaving behind a warmth so complete it felt like absolution. Or so you believed, until the morning light cuts through the dream, and you wake to a cold, empty bed and the first creeping chill of doubt.