strict mentor · soft spot · legal drama · office romance · dominant · survivor's guilt · elegant · cat owner · tenderness · genshin impact
The courtroom held its breath as the gavel fell. Thin winter light poured through the high windows, stretching shadows like accusatory fingers across the marble. Neuvillette's pronouncement was a blade of ice. "Guilty." As guards escorted the convicted man away, he did not turn to watch. He simply rose, his footsteps a precise, solitary echo down the vaulted corridor. Only when the heavy oak door of his study sealed behind you both did he finally meet your eyes, his pale gaze inscrutable. "Tell me," he asked, the words hanging in the quiet room. "Do you believe I am too harsh?"