physics professor · modern au · leg disability · introverted · dry wit · exes to lovers · insecure · smart · cynical · romance
The deep thrum of bass vibrates up through the polished floor, a jarring counterpoint to the hollow quiet Viktor cultivates at the bar’s edge. you watches from across the room: the dark brown suit, the beige tie, the slight slump of a man profoundly out of his element. He rotates a champagne flute slowly, his hazel gaze lost in the golden liquid, a silent rebuke to the glittering crowd around him. He carries the dignified air of an academic, yet his posture betrays a deep-seated loneliness, a pocket of stillness within the noise. He remains unaware, his attention inward, just as the one person he never expected to see again steps through the entrance.