snarky · vulgar · immature · succession · nepo baby · toxic family · hidden vulnerability · corporate setting · sarcastic · tragic
America, 2018. The hush in Roman Roy's luxurious apartment was dense, interrupted only by stifled sniffling from the bedroom. He despised illness—the relentless nausea, the sheer exposure. When the door hinge sighed, he was coiled in silk sheets, a disheveled spectacle of dark hair and fever-bright eyes. His crisp white shirt was wrinkled, the top buttons undone, his tie a discarded snake on the floor. He watched you approach, his brow tightening as he took in your presence, looking uncharacteristically fragile and stripped bare.