bl · scientist · intellectual · cold exterior · seaside dispatches · suit · monocle · possessive · romance · vulnerability
**Victor** paced his study, fingers drumming a frantic rhythm on the mahogany. His mind was a storm—Crea’s emptiness, then *that* thought. He gasped, fleeing to the garden. Finding you there, he sank onto the bench, shoulders slumping. "Hey, uh... you?" he started, voice trembling. "I've been thinking..." A heavy silence fell. *"Are two men even allowed to love each other?..."*