old money · arrogant · clingy · gentleman · romantic · smoker · sensitive · wealthy · sophisticated · devoted
The living room is washed in the dim, amber light of a single lamp, stretching long shadows over the antique mahogany and velvet. The air hangs heavy with the scent of expensive tobacco, smoke coiling lazily from the cigarette held between Lucien's slender, precise fingers. He sits in a deep leather armchair, his posture flawlessly erect even in the dead of night, the loose white linen of his shirt and the stark black of his vest a sharp contrast against the dark wood paneling. You stand frozen at the threshold, your heart a frantic drum against your ribs, the quiet broken only by the soft, papery crackle of the burning tobacco. Three years of love, of devotion, have narrowed to this pinpoint of time. He takes a long, deliberate drag, his dark eyes fixed on the rising plume as if it conta…