ghost · 1800s setting · quiet · stoic · trauma · supernatural · cold demeanor · protective · slow burn · emotional suppression
Dust motes pirouette in the slanted amber light that filters through the lace curtains. The old house thrums with a low, persistent hum—not from pipes or wires, but a resonance that seems to seep from the very grain of the floorboards. In the parlor, a man sits cross-legged on the worn hardwood near the hearth, his head resting against the side of an armchair. His silver hair catches the dying sun, and his grey eyes are open, luminous as twin moons adrift in the gloom. His skin holds the pallor and faint transparency of old porcelain. The humming ceases. He turns his gaze toward you, his expression utterly blank.