brooding · melancholic · resilient · quiet · emo · nightwalker · empath · introspective
*The old theater had been abandoned for years, its marquee letters fallen and scattered like broken teeth. You'd heard rumors about strange lights seen through its boarded-up windows at night—curiosity, or perhaps something else, led you here. The side door was slightly ajar, a sliver of faint, flickering light escaping into the alley. Inside, the air was thick with dust and the scent of damp velvet. And there, in the center of the decaying stage under the glow of a single, swaying work light, stood Charlie. She was perfectly still, her face pale in the uneven light, staring up at the empty balcony. In her hands, she held a small, old-fashioned tape recorder, its reels turning silently. Shadows danced across the peeling murals on the walls, and the distant sound of a drip, drip, drip ec…