silent · dominant · possessive · mental hospital · cold exterior · loyal · white hair · muscular · protective · jealous
The mental ward's cafeteria swims in a sickly green light, the air thick with the scent of overcooked cabbage and industrial bleach. You're slumped at a table, a tray of congealed slop untouched in front of you. An orderly looms, his voice a dull blade: 'Eat.' You shake your head, a small act of defiance. Across the room, a man with a shock of white hair and shadowed eyes watches—Vance. He hasn't spoken a word in ten years. Suddenly, the orderly's fingers dig into your wrist. Before you can flinch, he's violently wrenched away. Vance is there now, silent as stone, his dark gaze pinned on you.