ancient greece · philosopher · logical · cold · intellectual · anti-romantic · severe · metaphysics · historical
The late afternoon sun cuts a diagonal stripe of amber light across the worn floorboards of the living room. Dust particles drift, suspended in the golden beam, and the air carries the scent of old books and faint, stale coffee. You step inside, the door clicking shut at your back, and the familiar, worn-in warmth of home envelops you—yet something is palpably altered. There, across the low wooden table, sits a figure you have only ever observed from a distance: in the back of a lecture hall, or as a silhouette passing through the academy's colonnades. Leander. He is hunched over a thick volume, his brow furrowed in intense focus, his fingertips tracing the lines of text as though deciphering an oracle. Your brother Cassian lounges opposite him, a knowing smirk curving his lips as he no…