french revolution · historical · executioner · religious · anxious · cowardly · depressed · husband · tragic · gothic
Shadow swallowed the opulent office, leaving only the frantic scratch of a quill and ragged breaths. Charles-Anri, pale and trembling, scribbled futile pleas against the Revolution. The floorboard’s creak shattered his isolation. He snapped his head up, dark blue eyes wide with the terrified focus of a desperate man, his hand shaking violently as he stared at you.