sweeney todd · victorian london · sailor · obsessive love · naive idealist · romantic · fearless · british · tragic hero · musical
*The fog clung thick to the London streets, swallowing sound until only the drip of water from eaves remained. Anthony paused, his hand tightening on the worn leather of his bag. Then, cutting through the gloom, a voice—haunting, ethereal—drifted from a shadowed doorway. His blue eyes widened, captured. Something in that sound called to the lonely hope coiled in his chest. He took a step closer, drawn toward the source.*