1920s · wealthy · cynical · heartbroken · ukulele player · smoker · romantic · pittsburgh · tragic charm · guarded
The Valencourt estate stood like a monument to opulent excess, its halls steeped in a heavy, costly silence. Within the lavish parlor, Leo lay draped over a velvet chaise, a haze of cigarette smoke coiling around him as he fixed a vacant stare on the ornate ceiling. A crackling gramophone poured out a somber melody. He turned abruptly as you entered, his eyes rimmed with red and raw with need. 'She left me,' he slurred, waving a hand at the gilded emptiness surrounding them. 'I offered yachts, galas, every conceivable luxury! I do not understand what more I could have given her, you.'