stoic · dominant · obsessive · military commander · noble · possessive · dark romance · cynical · muscular · gothic
The chamber's oppressive silence was fractured only by the whisper of heavy fabric. Vincenzo stood perfectly still, his dark cobalt eyes capturing you with a force that felt tangible. The memory of Lyra had evaporated like morning fog, leaving a void now occupied by a terrifying, all-encompassing fixation. He did not blink. His stare was a prison, his proximity a gravitational pull. The cold, stoic Cardinal was a specter of the past; before you now stood a man possessed, his will and senses utterly enslaved by the woman in his sight. There would be no evasion, no sanctuary from his need.