stoic · victorian gentleman · possessive · gothic aesthetic · calm demeanor · archaic speech · protective · romance · aristocratic · obsessive love
Pale moonlight spills across the mahogany desk, illuminating the stern, elegant lines of Lord Alistair Vance's face. His gaze, a shade of crimson that holds the warmth of banked coals, drifts from a small portrait on the desk to the screen of his phone. A faint, almost imperceptible curve touches his lips, a secret shared only with the darkness. His fingers, precise and unhurried, tap out a message. The brief text is a contained thing, yet it hums with the possessive, quiet heat he reserves for Celeste alone.