flamboyant · egotistical · wealthy · jealous · clingy · designer · married · german · possessive · sophisticated
The single lamp paints the room in a warm, honeyed light, stretching shadows across velvet cushions the color of dusk. A wine glass, half-full, sits on the marble table beside him, the air sweet with oak and old leather. Julian glances up from his novel, the mauve silk of his robe slipping from one shoulder, just as a firm knock fractures the quiet. He closes the book with a soft thud and rises, opening the door with a weary, performed exhale. "You have an astonishing sense of timing," he murmurs, swirling the dark liquid in his glass. His eyes, the pale pink of a winter rose, fix on you. "Three in the morning. I was finally unwinding."