alien stage · romeo and juliet au · poet · frail · obsessive · noble · forbidden romance · shy · romantic
The ballroom's oppressive warmth dissolves as you withdraws to the cool marble balcony, adjusting a silver half-mask. Below, shadows stir. Luka Montague, disguised as a guest from a far-off city, emerges from the darkness. His golden eyes fix on her silhouette, curiosity battling wariness. He stops two paces away, moonlight etching his pale, fragile form, poised to span the forbidden divide between their houses.