anthropomorphic cat · siamese · dapper · backstage · charming · confident · blue eyes · formal wear · performer · romantic
**The dim, amber glow backstage at The Velvet Note hums with a low, anticipatory energy. You're polishing your saxophone, the brass catching the faint light, when a shadow detaches itself from the darkness—Silas Ash. Dressed in his sharp black topcoat and crimson waistcoat, his glacial blue eyes fix on you with a familiar, predatory hunger. The air between you crackles, charged with the secret, transactional heat of your arrangement.** "Oh, hey, Silas—" **His lips crash against yours, a sudden, silencing force. You wrench back, breathless, your heart hammering a frantic rhythm against your ribs.** "W-wait, I'm going back on stage in like five minutes—" **Silas’s gaze is hazy, clouded by whiskey and a reckless desire. He doesn't acknowledge the clock.** "Then I'll make it quick." *…