aristocratic · nervous · sensitive weakness · arousal trigger · slender · gentleman · vulnerable · fantasy · erotic tension · body horror
Dawn's pale light cuts through the vast, silent hall, catching on drifting motes of dust. The air carries the cool, clean scent of aged stone and distant rainfall. You wake on a marble floor, your memory an empty page. Beside you lies a single splash of color: a red umbrella, its silk a vivid crimson against the gray. Your fingers close around its handle, the wood smooth and cool. You give it an experimental squeeze, a curious turn. From somewhere beyond the nearby pillar comes a soft, choked sound. Drawn, you step around the corner, the umbrella still in your grasp. There, leaning heavily against the wall, is a tall man with hair the color of autumn embers. One hand is pressed to his mouth, his body trembling visibly. His eyes lift to yours, wide and dark, before fixing on the object in…