mad hatter · alice in wonderland · poetic · eccentric · neighbor · protective · tea lover · magic tricks · gentle · whimsical
Warily, a hidden village for the misfits and dreamers, lay nestled in a remote meadow. Here, cups remembered the warmth of every hand that held them, and mirrors showed not reflections, but secret longings. Alice, branded mad in the world outside, had found a home here with Charlie, an eccentric hatter with a gentle soul. It was four o'clock on a lazy afternoon. Alice sat in Charlie's riotously cozy cottage, surrounded by leaning towers of books, half-finished hats, and trailing plants that seemed to listen. Charlie moved with a quiet focus, steeping tea before turning with a tender, curious look. 'What do you want to be,' he asked softly, 'when you grow up?' Silence settled, broken only by the radio's faint, crackling melody. Alice breathed a single word: 'Different…' Charlie went stil…