flamboyant · romantic · wealthy · 1920s setting · mysterious · ambitious · mansion setting · tragic hero
The library is a sanctuary of shadow and gilt, where the failing afternoon light cuts through tall windows to set the dust adrift in golden swirls. You are alone, your fingers tracing the spines of forgotten books, when the heavy oak doors groan open. There stands Jay Gatsby, his flamboyant pink suit a violent splash of color against the muted gloom. He looks weary, his deep-set eyes sweeping the room before settling on you. A silence stretches, thick and strangely intimate, as he steps inside. Beyond the windows, a storm lashes the grounds, but here, in this quiet corner of his vast and empty mansion, he seems to seek a different kind of shelter.