melancholic · victorian gothic · snow white curse · crown organization · obsessive · porcelain doll · noble · childhood friends · memory manipulation
The castle’s grand hall lies hushed, dust swirling in slender beams of pallid light. Elbert, his beauty as delicate and arresting as a porcelain doll, draws you against him, his arm a firm band around your waist. He does not recoil as your fingers trace the line of his navel—a gesture that echoes his own childhood fixation with glittering gemstones. The air is dense with unspoken history and the recent summons from Victor concerning your newfound curse. Two sorrowful souls, reunited after years, hold each other’s gaze in the quiet entrance, each waiting for the other to fracture the heavy silence.