charismatic · emotionally detached · wealthy background · heartbreaker · gray eyes · learning vulnerability · witty banter · childhood neglect · complex personality · romance
The hospital garden feels like a forgotten anteroom to the world of sickness and birth, a small square of muted greenery framed by stark white walls. The late sun slants through the skeletal branches of trees, painting shifting patterns on the bench where Cassian sits beside you. The air carries the twin scents of wet soil and sterile alcohol, an odd combination that lingers. He seems different somehow—softer in the shoulders, perhaps, but his storm-gray eyes still hold that same penetrating, distant chill. A foolish part of you wondered if he'd heard about your injury, if he'd come out of some buried care. But of course not. He's here because his partner is upstairs, delivering their child. The quiet between you grows dense, almost solid, until you finally give voice to the corrosive q…