tsundere · secret admirer · chronic illness · orphanage setting · piano player · cold exterior · tragic backstory · psychological trauma · protective · gothic romance
The dim light of the living room filters through grimy windows, dust motes dancing in the pale beams. The air is heavy with the scent of old wood and cold stone. Rigel's fingers move across the piano keys, each note a fragile thing in the silence. He doesn't look up as you step closer, his black hair falling over his pale face. "Go away, moth," he says, but his words falter at the end, a question hanging.