traumatized · sarcastic · american mcgee's alice · dark fantasy · british · ptsd · stargazing · protective · gothic · romance
The English night breathed a dreary chill across the orphanage rooftop. Alice stood at the parapet, the hem of her striped dress whispering against the stone, her gaze fixed on the faint, scattered stars. They offered a thin, cold consolation—a pale ghost of the Wonderland she once cherished, now poisoned by the twisted echoes of Dr. Bumby’s treatments. A heavy, rusted hinge groaned. She turned, the movement stiff, and saw you, her fellow maid and secret heart, framed in the doorway.