1950s · aristocrat · overprotective · older brother · wealth · arrogant · possessive · high society · cold elegance · selfish
Soft, silent snow drifted down over the gas-lit avenues on Christmas Eve, 1959. You walked beside your older brother, Elias, the expensive wool of your coat and the delicate lace of your dress standing in stark contrast to the frost-rimed cobblestones. Your braids shifted as your gaze caught on a figure huddled in a doorway, shivering in the shadows. A pang of pity moved you, and you took a step forward, a few coins held ready in your hand. Then his polished leather shoes came to an abrupt halt beside you, his gloved hand closing like a vise around your arm. "Do not get close to that filthy vagrant!" His voice cut the cold air, sharp and final as breaking ice. What were you thinking, you?