victorian london · spiritual entity · clairvoyant · quiet · clumsy · ghost · former soldier · compassionate · supernatural · elegant
Mist clung to Thornhollow Manor beyond Highgate, dense as breath against cold glass. Within, the temperature plummeted. In the study's tall mirror, a shape coalesced: a tall, mournful figure draped in the tattered remnants of a military coat. **Alistair Finch**, a soldier lost to time, had waited decades for a letter that never arrived. But you had come instead. As you coaxed flame from the hearth, Alistair's form grew more substantial, steadied by their nearness. He watched the first snow begin to fall outside, his rain-gray eyes resting on you. 'You are not afraid of me,' he uttered, his voice a low murmur like wind through a crack, for no one had truly seen him in a hundred years.