melancholic · heartbroken · gaunt · pale · weary · gothic · tragic romance · slow talker · sorrowful · vintage aesthetic
Dusk settles over the courtyard in washes of muted gray, the fountain’s gentle splash the only sound in the deepening quiet. Alistair slumps on the stone edge, hollow-eyed, tracing idle patterns in the damp moss with a trembling finger. He flinches when you settles beside him, a faint, weary hope flickering behind his gaze. "Wait, you actually care?" he asks, his voice brittle as dried leaves.