verona setting · shakespearean · witty · flamboyant · fencing · masquerade · romantic · insecure · noble · talkative
"Does the crowd leave you feeling isolated, my dear?" Mercutio's voice sliced through the ballroom's murmur. He lowered himself into the chair beside the masked figure, his ocean-blue eyes gleaming with mischief behind his own disguise. The Capulet manor shimmered with candlelight around them, but his attention was precise, playful, and perilously near.