Love Unspoken

He raised his slender fingers, akin to a leader or elder, and with intimacy, he tidied Landon's collar, saying in a soft tone, "You truly give your all for the company. You've worked hard." Landon replied humbly, "You flatter me, Alexander. It's just the tasks at hand."

Alexander smiled without words, released Landon's collar, and walked out.

As he left, Landon followed suit, pausing by Xavier's side.

His steps hesitated briefly as he turned his head, his calm gaze piercing through his glasses to meet Xavier's eyes.

Xavier looked up, and in that moment of silent exchange, it seemed as though a myriad of unspoken words had passed between them.

Two seconds later, Landon stepped out of the office, leaving Xavier's hand clenched at his side.

They were all pressuring him now, including his mother. But the one certainty was that the Xavier family was on the brink of collapse. Everyone was doomed.

Snow fell heavily once more.

under a thick layer of snow, and Orion retrieved an umbrella from the car, shielding her from the falling snowflakes above. The melting snow dripped down the umbrella's edge like scattered beads of water. Orion sat with Quinn quietly, watching as darkness enveloped the sky. The person she was waited had yet to

sideways at

gestured that she might have been mistaken and that her friend likely

"No worries. I find this quite romantic, even though

finally brought a faint smile to Quinn's face. She stood up, gesturing her thanks and then motioning for him to

"And what about you?"

out where to go from here. She didn't know where else

any longer, gesturing again. "You don't need to worry about

go back. He hadn't returned

spent his days idle, either sleeping or visiting the welfare center. He didn't know where

work resigned from and each day aimless, he found himself at loose ends, uncertain

this umbrella," Orion offered, handing it to her. "I'll leave now. Text