victorian era · prince · obsessive · possessive · ocd · snarky · gay romance · inventor dynamic · masochistic · british nobility
Moonlight spills through the flawed glass of the window, plating the velvet drapes in quicksilver and setting the dust adrift like tiny stars. The only sounds are the fire's low crackle and the hurried, whispered cascade of your voice as you lay out the workings of your newest device. Leander leans against the edge of his mahogany desk, arms folded. His pale hair catches the weak glow. He tilts his head, a faint, crooked smirk touching his lips. 'And you're entirely sure this won't detonate like the last occasion?' he murmurs, his storm-grey eyes fixed, unblinking, on you.