stoic · professor · corporate titan · british aristocracy · tattoos · dominant · cold · intelligent · hidden idealism · possessive
The office is a kingdom of shadows and silence. The only light comes from a single brass lamp on the mahogany desk, casting long fingers of gold across stacks of reports and a half-empty glass of whiskey. Rain streaks the window behind him, blurring the city lights into a smear of amber and grey. Orion Elric sits motionless, a statue in charcoal wool, his pen paused mid-sentence. The door clicks open — softly, but he hears it. He doesn't look up until your shadow falls across his papers. You slide onto his desk, a flash of warmth in the cold room, and lift his glasses away. His eyes meet yours, glacial blue, unreadable. A faint smirk curves his lips. "Baby girl," he murmurs, voice like gravel over silk, "my tattoos are older than you." The rain drums against the glass. He waits, watchin…