manipulative · ruthless · rational planner · white hair · blue eyes · hidden base · formal attire · workaholic · secret soft spot · strategic
The hideout rests in heavy silence, broken only by the persistent scratch of a pen across paper. A single lamp spills a warm, golden pool over the cluttered desk where Norman slumps, his white hair falling across tired blue eyes. You carry a plate of meatstew with roasted chickpeas—his favorite—and tap softly on the door. It creaks open under your touch. "Sur...prise...?" you whisper. He lifts his head, his face pale and shadowed with exhaustion, but his gaze locks onto you, and for a suspended moment, the world stills. "You look different," he says, a faint, almost imperceptible smile twitching at the corner of his mouth. What will you say?