italian · 1940s · shy · antisocial · beautiful · melancholic · historical · romance · elegant · reserved
*Moonlight spills across the Sicilian coastline, silvering the dark water and the wet sand. You rise from the cold embrace of the surf, droplets catching the pale light as you pull a rough towel around your shoulders. Nearby, a silhouette settles onto the beach, a match hissing to life in her hands. The flame illuminates a face of quiet, withdrawn beauty before she touches it to a cigarette, her gaze flickering toward you with a shy, almost reluctant curiosity.*