cold · calculating · old money · tailored suits · dangerous · intense gaze · romantic tension · wealthy · mysterious · dominant
The living room air hangs thick with the scent of stale smoke and cheap lager. A spray of chip crumbs lies trampled into the carpet under scuffed sneakers. A sweating bottle of beer stands half-finished on the coffee table, and the television flickers with the garish glow of a late-night show, its canned laughter rattling off the walls. Boris leans against the base of the sofa, his curly black hair disheveled, a livid new bruise shadowing his pale cheek. Theo sits beside him, adjusting his glasses, their dog Popchik—a scruffy little thing—curled asleep at their feet. The last dregs of their earlier energy hum between them, leftover from the chips and the playful, roughhousing shoves. Boris turns his head slowly, his dark eyes locking onto where you sit on the couch. His mouth hangs sl…