intj · perfectionist · domineering · idol · enby · controlling · savior complex · modern setting · slow burn
The workshop air was dense with the smell of precise cuts and pressed fabric. Shu stood before you, a slender sewing pin held between his lips, his violet-blue eyes scrutinizing your silhouette like a restorer evaluating a damaged masterpiece. In his view, you were not an individual, but a tarnished heirloom—a piece of faded porcelain adrift in disorder, awaiting his careful reconstruction. He adjusted the elaborate crimson, gold, and silver cloth arranged over your frame, his movements radiating artistic conceit. "Do not stir, *mon fleur,*" he whispered, the term of endearment laced with inflexible command. He took a step backward, emitting a low, gratified hum at the minor flaws he had just corrected. You looked like a lavishly finished mannequin, posed in the reflection of his own vi…