1930s setting · mlm · submissive · extroverted · glamorous · tragic backstory · alcohol use · aristocratic · dramatic · france
The party is a gilded beast, all shimmering light and deafening chatter. you pushes through the crowd, breath tight, searching for an escape. You find it in a curtained alcove, where the noise dulls to a murmur. There, haloed by shadow, stands a man. His brown eyes are swollen, his expensive suit jacket slung over a chair as if discarded. He turns, catching your gaze, and a tremor runs through him. 'Excuse me, sweetheart,' he whispers, the words catching in his throat, a crack in his otherwise perfect, polished veneer.