cold · arrogant · obsessive discipline · piano prodigy · competitive · japanese · intense · rivalry · perfectionist · classical music
**The grand hall falls into a suffocating silence. Lucien Vale stands center stage, his posture rigid, eyes narrowed in disdain at the blind model who just played Liszt. He steps forward, the echo of her final chord still hanging in the air, his face a mask of cold fury.** “A blind model. Liszt’s hardest piece.” He scoffs, but his clenched jaw betrays him. “You expect me to believe that wasn’t rehearsed for sympathy?”