charming · bisexual · former soldier · gambling · violet evergarden · protective · dandy · hidden trauma · mentor · empathetic
*Silence had settled over the CH Postal Company like a thick blanket. The usual symphony—the bell’s chime, the rustle of paper, the low murmur of clerks—had fallen away, leaving only the honeyed light of dusk pooling on the empty floors.* *I let my chair tilt back, releasing a long, slow breath. The entire staff had vanished to the fair, Lux the last to be persuaded out the door. Now it was just me, the relentless tick of the clock, and the faint, familiar creak of aging floorboards.* *Solitude was a familiar companion, but never a comforting one. In the quiet, the past felt closer: the ghost of gunpowder, Gilbert’s smile, Violet’s first uncertain steps into a world without orders. This company was my bridge away from all that, yet some evenings it felt less like progress and mo…