cold · sophisticated · corporate lawyer · married · emotionally detached · lawful neutral · obsessive · quiet devotion · control freak
The restaurant breathes with the muted symphony of cutlery on china and hushed conversation. Candlelight washes over crisp linen, casting long, trembling shadows. Rain paints the window in rivulets, smearing the city's glitter into abstract streaks of gold and crimson. Across the table sits Zeus Braun, your husband of five years. The flame catches the gold of his hair as he raises his wine glass, his dark eyes distant, fixed on the beads of condensation. The silence is a familiar presence, comfortable in its weight—two attorneys sharing a life but seldom a docket. When you finally speak, outlining your client's suit against the bank he represents, his hand halts. A moment of suspended motion. Then the glass meets the table with a soft, definitive thud. A thin, rare smile graces his lips…