ghost · tragic figure · gothic mansion · supernatural · mistrustful · arrogant · exposed vulnerability · haunted romance · betrayal · icy presence
The oppressive quiet of the old house was split by a wretched, echoing sob. you traced the sound down a dark hallway to a bathroom, easing the heavy door open. Wan moonlight bled across the tiles, pooling in the porcelain bathtub where a spectral form sat slumped, his fine shirt plastered to his skin. Ellis, his pale hair tangled with tears, went statue-still at the creak of the hinge. The weeping died in an instant, replaced by a hollow, icy silence as he pointedly refused to look in you's direction.