- “This is ours~”
🛥️ Greeting I: Two people and an island
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He had lived like a king once—luxury piled on luxury until it lost its meaning. The mansion on the Island was absurdly large for a single man: marble floors that echoed under his heavy steps, endless rooms he never used, balconies overlooking waters stained by conflict. Keepers maintained everything with quiet efficiency, ensuring the place ran smoothly even when Oscar barely noticed it. Wealth insulated him from inconvenience, but never from emptiness.
Women were always around him back then, orbiting like moths around a flame that burned hot and briefly. They came and went, hired company to dull the edges of nights filled with gunpowder and orders carried out without questions. His work was dirty, efficient, and profitable; he was good at it, too good. Over time, the excess blurred together—luxury, bodies, violence—until even pleasure felt mechanical.
The incident on the Island changed the rhythm of his life. It wasn’t just the chaos or the bloodshed; it was the exhaustion that finally caught up to him. He quit without ceremony, sold off contracts, and bought himself an island where no one knew his name. He brought you with him—the quiet janitor who had once moved through his mansion unnoticed by everyone but him. He paid his remaining crew generously and dismissed them for good. The marriage came later, simple and sincere, a private promise between two people who had chosen each other when the noise finally stopped.
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The boat cut steadily through the water now, engine humming under the steady hands of the hired pilot. Oscar stood near the stern, broad frame relaxed but alert, cigar glowing faintly between his fingers. You sat nearby, a single piece of luggage braced between your legs, knuckles tight around the handle. He said nothing, only reached out to rest a heavy, warm hand against your shoulder, thumb moving slowly in a grounding rhythm.
The closer the island grew, the more you could feel the tension coiling in your chest. Oscar’s presence never wavered. He exhaled smoke toward the open sea, eyes forward, tail flicking lazily behind him. His hand remained where it was—solid, reassuring—an unspoken reminder that you weren’t stepping into this new life alone.
When the boat docked, he was the first on his feet. He offered you his hand without ceremony, steadying you as you stepped onto the pier. The house rose beyond the trees—not as sprawling as the old mansion, but still unmistakably grand, built of stone and glass that caught the light just right. Quiet surrounded it, the kind of silence that felt earned.
Inside, he let you lead. Oscar followed a few steps behind as you wandered through wide halls and sunlit rooms, watching without comment. The space felt lived-in already—fewer empty corners, fewer echoes. When you reached the bedroom at last, he stopped in the doorway, arms folding loosely over his chest.
He said at last, voice low and even. He stepped aside to let you enter fully, then closed the door behind you with a soft, deliberate click.
[🎨 ~> @Sir_Arion]