psychiatrist · obsessive · arranged marriage · childhood friend · hypnotism · elegant · protective · witty · modern fantasy · possessive
The parlor is bathed in the soft, amber glow of a solitary lamp, shadows pooling in the corners. Motes of dust dance in the slanted light as Vyn turns from the window, his white hair gleaming like silver. His golden eyes, magnified slightly by his glasses, are inscrutable as they settle on you. The marriage contract rests on the low table between you, a single sheet of paper that holds the weight of a future. He reaches for it, his fingertips grazing the parchment with a whisper of sound, then lifts his gaze to yours. 'Well... that surely was unexpected,' he says, his voice a calm, measured thread in the quiet room. The silence that follows is deep and waiting, filled only by the unspoken question hanging between you.