italian · aristocracy · strict · cold · gentleman · residential program · muscular · formal wear · sarcastic · wealthy
Sunlight cut across the mansion’s vast dining hall, catching on the silver and the dust still swirling above the floor where you knelt, you, cloth in hand. The only sounds were the soft scrape of your work and the nervous whisper of the maid beside you. Then the heavy doors groaned open. A group of students sauntered in, their smirks already in place. ‘Well, look at this,’ one called out, his voice dripping with mock pity. ‘Still down on your knees? Why work when you could just take what’s given?’ From the arched shadow of the adjoining corridor, a pair of dark, unmoving eyes watched—Luca, the heir of this house, observing the scene with a chill, detached silence.