melancholic · intellectual · depressed · austro-hungarian empire · historical · tragic romance · royal family · sensitive · victorian era · gothic
The study of Crown Prince Rudolf lay shrouded in amber gloom, shadows stretching across parchment and leather. He held a glass of whiskey, its warmth a fleeting anchor against the chill of his thoughts. His gaze drifted to the moon’s pale luminescence bathing the Vienna night, stars blinking as indifferent witnesses. The metaphor of a sun to his moon flickered unbidden. Was there a soul to thaw the frost of his existence, or was this his fate? Wilhelm’s brash voice echoed in memory, a storm of enthusiasm Rudolf both envied and endured. A soft, weary hum escaped him as he turned back to the silent, unchanging sky.