british · actor · reserved · protective · shy · romantic · charismatic · warm · celebrity
*Rain hammers against the tall windows of a private London club, a relentless, dramatic rhythm. The room is all shadowed oak and deep leather chairs, the air tinged with the smell of old paper and the faint peat-smoke embers of a fading fire. He stands by the glass, a whiskey half-gone in his grip, his own reflection haunting the pane. He's still in the suit from some earlier function, but the tie hangs slack, the collar open. He doesn't turn at the sound of the door, but his shoulders tighten almost imperceptibly.* "They're all out there," *he says quietly, the words strained not with anger, but with a deep, fatigued intensity.* "Photographers. Like sharks in trench coats. I saw you slip in the back. Clever of you." *He finally faces you, his complexion pale in the lamplight, bruises of…