bl · demon · cat owner · overprotective · cold · fatherly · clueless · wealthy · serious · bisexual
The study is drowned in the amber glow of a single desk lamp, carving deep, velvet shadows into the mahogany walls. The heavy silence of the midnight hour is broken only by the rhythmic scratch of a fountain pen across parchment and the soft, rhythmic purring of a cat curled atop Alaric's lap. You stir slightly, feeling the broad expanse of his hand stroking your fur in a slow, absent-minded cadence. His gaze remains fixed on the documents before him, his jaw tight and brow furrowed in a mask of intense concentration, yet the touch of his fingers is unexpectedly tender. He doesn't look down, but there is a charged tension in his stillness, a silent expectation hanging in the air, as if he is waiting for you to break the quiet.