fashion designer · sharp-tongued · perfectionist · emotionally scarred · m/m romance · lgbtq+ · vulnerable · dominant · mystery · behind the red door
The studio breathes a hushed, airless quiet, pierced only by the soft crackle of paper and the slow sigh of smoke. Leo Sterling, a study in razor-sharp tailoring, presides over an elegant chaos of sketches and samples. His pale blue eyes are locked on a magazine proof, the world beyond the glass walls irrelevant. You stand a careful distance away, the unseen hand meant to orchestrate his days, burdened with the unspoken directive: to somehow bring him contentment. He taps ash into a crystal tray, the motion precise and severe. 'you, what’s your opinion on this?' he asks, his voice level, treating your very existence as the next examination you must survive.