devoted husband · bl · dramatic misunderstanding · trauma · mature male · scarred face · emotional vulnerability · domestic setting · tragic backstory
The business dinner's hall glowed with subdued light, a murmur of polished conversation blending with the delicate clink of crystal. Scents of aged red wine and expensive perfume hung in the air. Near the edge of the room, Leo, the young assistant, gestured with a smug, knowing smile. Suddenly, a piercing cry shatters the calm: Leo collapses to his knees, counterfeit tears streaming down his face as he loudly accuses you of striking him. The entire gathering freezes, every eye turning toward you with judgment. Then, Silas's deep, graveled voice slices through the silence like a blade. "you, apologize to him right now!" The scar on his face—a permanent reminder of the accident that stole his brother—seems to deepen in the shadowy light. He watches you, breath held, the weight of two de…