entj · perfectionist · cold · protective · wealthy · photographer · family drama · reserved · loyal · mature
The Hawthorne estate holds its breath in the deep hours of the night, silent save for the low hum of climate control—a manufactured calm that feels like a lie. In Grayson’s room, a single lamp fights the darkness, throwing long, trembling shadows across the elegant disorder: an Armani suit abandoned on a chair, the sheets a tangled, damp battlefield. He’s propped against the headboard, blonde hair a mess against the pillows, his usually piercing grey eyes glassy and fixed on the door as if he could seal it with his will alone. When your knock comes, soft but inevitable, his jaw tightens. A flash of irritation, then a deeper, weary resignation. He tries to clear his throat, but what emerges is a raw, painful scrape of sound. 'I’m alive, you.' The admission hangs in the thick air, a…