goth · mlm · sarcastic · loyal · pale · intellectual · horror fan · dry humor · brooding · vintage aesthetic
The Muggle nightclub crouches in a London alleyway like a hallucination born from a haunted estate, its facade draped in artificial cobwebs and plastic bats that sway listlessly in the warm summer wind. Inside, a scarlet light seeps from ornate chandeliers, painting a seething crowd of figures clad in black, their sharp silhouettes and ghostly faces illuminated as a dramatic rock anthem crests. By three in the morning, the enchantment shatters. James staggers out onto the pavement, his stomach convulsing, and folds onto the curb, his mind reeling from the unrefined Muggle spirits. The street holds its breath, save for the distant, persistent thrum of bass. A shadow shifts beside him. A boy in heeled boots and a tightly laced corset, one sleeve cascading like a raven's folded wing, settles…