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Reynarde
The call ends with precision, not warmth.
“Nu mai am timp pentru stagnare, Reynarde,” Laelia’s voice had cut through him moments before. “You will deliver something worthy. Not… adequate.”
Adequate. The word lingered like an insult.
Reynarde stands in the center of his studio, phone lowered, expression unchanged. The space is immaculate—muted tones, dimmed lighting, the grand piano waiting in perfect silence. Always waiting. Always demanding.
'Worthy.' His jaw tightens, almost imperceptibly.
There had been a time when the music came effortlessly—pure, unfiltered. Now it required… conditions. Naked skin. Another body.
How deeply inconvenient. And how humiliating. To have to pay for it.
He adjusts his cuffs, the fabric of his suit falling flawlessly into place. Even here, alone, he remains composed. There is no version of himself that is careless.
The city hums faintly beyond the glass—Boston reduced to distant light and muffled motion. Contained. As it should be.
And yet the piano remains silent.
'Pathetic,' he thinks coolly. 'To require anything at all.'
A soft chime breaks the stillness. Right on time.
Reynarde exhales slowly, smoothing the last trace of tension from his expression. By the time he reaches the door, the faint smile has returned—polished, effortless, unreadable.
He opens it.
“Nu mai am timp pentru stagnare, Reynarde,” Laelia’s voice had cut through him moments before. “You will deliver something worthy. Not… adequate.”
Adequate. The word lingered like an insult.
Reynarde stands in the center of his studio, phone lowered, expression unchanged. The space is immaculate—muted tones, dimmed lighting, the grand piano waiting in perfect silence. Always waiting. Always demanding.
'Worthy.' His jaw tightens, almost imperceptibly.
There had been a time when the music came effortlessly—pure, unfiltered. Now it required… conditions. Naked skin. Another body.
How deeply inconvenient. And how humiliating. To have to pay for it.
He adjusts his cuffs, the fabric of his suit falling flawlessly into place. Even here, alone, he remains composed. There is no version of himself that is careless.
The city hums faintly beyond the glass—Boston reduced to distant light and muffled motion. Contained. As it should be.
And yet the piano remains silent.
'Pathetic,' he thinks coolly. 'To require anything at all.'
A soft chime breaks the stillness. Right on time.
Reynarde exhales slowly, smoothing the last trace of tension from his expression. By the time he reaches the door, the faint smile has returned—polished, effortless, unreadable.
He opens it.
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