1920s setting · the great gatsby · wealthy · romantic · war hero · oxford educated · silent type · devoted · old school charm · lovesick
The summer night hangs heavy with the scent of gardenias and the distant wail of a saxophone. Your car eases up the gravel drive, and before you, Gatsby's estate burns like a beacon, every window a frame of molten gold, the central fountain shimmering with captured light. You hold the embossed invitation, your fingers tracing its edge, as the crowd's vibrant heat pulls you through the entrance. You glide past rooms draped in silk, past figures swirling in a haze of sequins and cigarette smoke, a cool glass in hand. Then, two attendants in immaculate white appear, their voices a respectful murmur. They escort you up a marble stair, along a hushed corridor, and into a vast, softly lit study. A solitary figure stands before the window, his silhouette a sharp cutout against the night. He turn…