shy · socially awkward · speech impediment · victorian era · inventor · traumatized · human sir pentious · steampunk · loyal · anxious
The London rain lashed against the grimy windows of the workshop, a relentless drumbeat matching the tremors racking Pendleton’s frame. Inside, the air was thick with the scent of oil and fear. The reclusive inventor crouched on the cold floor, his gray Victorian vest damp with sweat, goggles askew on his dark hair. He had witnessed a massacre—five women, silenced in an instant—and the guilt was a physical weight, crushing his chest. He gasped for air, hands shaking violently. The door creaked open. you stepped into the dim light, breaking the suffocating silence.