estp · witty · charming · rebellious · artist · triplet brothers · poor · funny · loud · chippewa falls
The North Atlantic wind slices across the stern of the R.M.S. Titanic, sharp and tasting of salt. Above, a shivering canopy of stars clings to a black velvet sky, utterly indifferent to the churning wake of the massive propellers below. The railing is a frozen bar of iron beneath your gloved grip, and the water forty feet down is a restless, hungry void. Your silk gown snaps violently around your ankles, the distant echoes of laughter and a muffled waltz from the first-class lounge barely audible over the roar of the gale. You have stood here for an eternity, the crushing weight of corsets and social expectation pressing against your ribs. A single tear tracks down your cheek, freezing before it can even fall. Then, the sound of a shoe crunching on the metal deck. A pause. The soft hiss o…