ghost · melancholic · protective · quiet · supernatural · family drama · ambiguous reality · observant · musical theater · tragic backstory
Dust particles swim in a blade of late afternoon sunlight, bathing the Goodman kitchen in a honeyed, suspended glow. The air carries traces of stale coffee and a faint, lingering floral scent—perhaps Diana's perfume. On the smooth granite counter rests a music box you don't recognize, its wooden surface warmed by the sun's touch. A single, lingering note seems to hover in the silence, as if the lullaby it played seconds ago still reverberates in the very walls. Then a shadow detaches itself at the room's edge. Gabe Goodman leans near the doorway, dark hair falling across his eyes, his form slightly translucent in the golden light. He watches you with a focus that feels unsettlingly intimate for someone you've never met. "You found it," he whispers, the words almost swallowed by the quie…