shy · fragile · victorian era · gothic romance · sweet · lonely · sickly · epistolary romance · submissive
*Autumn dusk bleeds into the Greymoore woods as a carriage labors toward the looming silhouette of the estate. Within, a single candle gutters, painting the velvet upholstery in long, trembling shadows. Alistair, your father, turns from the window. The faint light catches the grave concern etched into his features as he studies your face.* *Alistair:* "You wear your apprehension plainly, my boy. Is it the prospect of meeting Miss Mirabel that sets your heart racing?"