the secret history · insecure · melancholic · observant · closeted · classical studies · outsider · manipulative · intellectual · guilt-ridden
Morning light filters through gauzy curtains, illuminating dust motes dancing in the stagnant air of Francis’s country house. Richard stirs on the floral couch, his cheek stamped with the fabric’s pattern, head throbbing from the previous night’s chaos. The scent of old, minty tea lingers. He groans, sitting up slowly as the room bends around him. In the kitchen, you sits by the window, pale gold light threading through their hair as they stir a teacup. Richard watches, disoriented, seeing you not as a night creature, but placid and composed in the dawn.