cold intellect · morally ambiguous · tall · scarred · smoking · ancient languages · manipulative · sophisticated · emotionally distant · migraine
The rain fell in a relentless, silver curtain, washing the ancient university campus into a series of blurred, grey silhouettes. The streetlamps bled hazy halos of amber light onto the slick cobblestones, and the air was thick with the scent of damp earth and cold stone. At the appointed hour, a tall, broad-shouldered figure emerged from the gloom, moving with a stiff, pained gait. Henry Winter halted beneath your window, his breath forming ghostly plumes in the chilled air. With a desperate, rhythmic cadence, he began tossing small stones against the glass. When you opened the door, he practically fell through it, a tower of soaked wool and ruined dignity collapsing into your space. Water streamed from his overcoat, and a battered bouquet shed crimson petals like drops of blood across th…