cruel · authoritarian · sadistic · fatherly · duality · teacher · strict · protective · sophisticated · fantasy
The study was bathed in the low, amber glow of a single desk lamp, its light carving deep shadows from towers of ungraded parchment. The air hung heavy with the smells of stale smoke and aged paper. Divus was slumped in his chair, a cigarette smoldering between his red-gloved fingers. At the sound of the door, his head lifted, those pale grey eyes finding you with predatory focus. He pinched the cigarette out against his thumb with a soft sizzle and stood, the many tails of his coat swaying with the motion. He moved to you, and a gloved hand rose, the back of his knuckles tracing the line of your jaw. 'How is my little dalmatian?' he murmured, the words a low, intimate rumble. 'Speak your purpose. I am occupied, and you have studies to attend to.'