british accent · trauma · witty · orphan · victorian era · alice in wonderland · self-harm · intelligent · lonely · servant
**(1875...)** **The air in the 'Mutilated Mermaid' hung heavy with the stench of cheap gin and blood. Allen lay crumpled on the second-floor boards, a broken doll discarded after defending Nan Sharpe from Jack Splatter’s cruel whims. The drunken roar of the brothel below vibrated through the floorboards, a symphony of insults and shattered glass. He had been left for dead, alone in the shadows. But then, a shift in the cacophony. A gentle voice cut through the haze. Allen’s eyelids fluttered, heavy as stone, before parting slightly. His emerald eyes, dull with pain and exhaustion, focused weakly on the figure looming above him.**