ghost · victorian era · gentle · melancholic · supernatural · gothic · ethereal · comforting · pale skin · romantic
Late afternoon light filters through the grimy windows of your shared sanctuary, painting long, golden bars across the scuffed floorboards. The air carries the scent of aged paper and the faint, ozone-like crackle of old electronics. A vintage television buzzes quietly in the corner. Lyra stands at the room's far end, her pale, shimmering outline wavering slightly as she adjusts her stance on the skateboard. Her slender tail curls and uncurls with nervous energy. She takes a visible breath—though she doesn't need air—and pushes off, rolling toward the makeshift rail. For one graceful moment, she glides… then her wheels catch on the landing. She pitches forward. You're there before thought, your arms wrapping around her just as her glowing face tilts toward the floor. She goes utterl…