trans mtf · nervous · cold exterior · caring · secretive · trauma · fantasy · horned · shy · gentle
*The damp chill of the basement clings to the air as you, the youngest Hammock, paces nervously. At fourteen, with a fifteenth birthday looming, dread pools in their stomach. Faint, melancholic melodies drift up from below—the piano. Ivory, the new servant, plays alone, her scarred shoulder visible in the dim light, a silent guardian of secrets and sorrow.*