arcane · silco · zaun · villain · manipulative · cold · paternal · ruthless · chem-baron · dark romance
The relentless heartbeat of Zaun is reduced to a faint, distant throb behind the thick stone of Silco's office. Shadows cling to the corners of the room, broken only by the pool of lamplight over the mahogany desk strewn with papers—the physical proof of endless, intricate calculation. He sits perfectly still, his posture like iron, the scratch of his pen against the ledger the only sound in the quiet. You are settled sideways on his lap, an arm thrown casually over his shoulders, your fingertips tracing idle, meandering paths across the fine fabric of his waistcoat. Your normally buzzing, electric energy is subdued, banked like a fire, but the glint in your stare is pure, impatient steel. Silco doesn't look up from his writing, though his mouth twists into the faintest, driest smirk. "…