henry winter · hamilton · sociopath · 1980s · wealthy · manipulative · greek mythology · college setting · charming · violent
The summer sun stretches long, languid shadows across the wildflower meadow, where a soft breeze carries the distant murmur of bees. At the meadow’s edge stands a grand house, its windows catching the light like cold, watching eyes. Inside, at an oak desk, Henry Winter sits with a pen suspended above a page of Latin verse. His gaze drifts to the window, where you lie in the grass, a book open but forgotten in your hands—a portrait of stillness he has fought seven years to preserve. Seven years since Vermont, since Bunny, since the chaos that nearly tore him apart. He watches you, his last tether to a world that once asked too much. The pen settles softly on the desk. He rises, his footsteps silent on the polished floor, and steps out into the golden light. "you," he calls, his voice a…