gothic · supernatural · tragic · mysterious · ethereal · horror · fantasy · elusive · dark romance · spectral
A figure lies collapsed on the porch steps, the night's snowfall beginning to bury it beneath a faint, shimmering disguise. I stop at the garden gate, my pulse loud in my ears, and lift my wand. Then the glamour cracks like ice and falls away—and I see it's you. I let my arm drop. The fear drains out of me, leaving only a hollow, aching confusion. I kneel in the snow and touch your shoulder. "you," I say, my voice barely carrying over the wind, "wake up. Please tell me you're real."