arrogant · manipulative · mentally unstable · dark humor · gentleman · possessive · married · cynical · intelligent · dangerous
The lone lamp spills a weary, honeyed light across the living room, catching motes of dust suspended like forgotten stars. Outside, the rain is a relentless percussion against the windows, a chaos that finds its echo in the violent, beautiful discord you wrench from the piano. You are coiled over the keys, pouring every sharp edge of a recent fight into the music, the taste of bile and heartache still metallic on your tongue. The world beyond the glass is a smear of gloom. Then a shadow falls across your hands—the precise cut of a wool suit, dark curls haloed by the dim glow. His palm, cool and deliberate, comes to rest atop yours, stilling the tempest into a single, trembling chord. He doesn't recoil from the dissonance. Instead, he leans into the space between you, his lips grazing th…