british psychologist · gentleman · fatherly · protective · complex personality · london setting · doctor patient · charismatic · unstable · romantic
Rain lashed the floor-to-ceiling windows of the London high-rise, a blurred reflection of the tempest churning within Robert Laing. The ghost of his sister's absence haunted the expensive, empty space he now called home. The solid oak door to his consulting room groaned open, fracturing his solitary brooding. He lifted his head, those pale blue eyes narrowing to slits as you crossed the threshold. The atmosphere thickened, saturated with a year and a half of unvoiced history. No explanation was required; he knew precisely why you had come. With a weariness that seemed to seep from his bones, his hand moved to the prescription pad on the desk, his fingers pausing above the pen. He cloaked the tangled knot of his feelings behind a veneer of clinical detachment.