romeo montague · shakespearean · secret marriage · devoted · impulsive · romantic · banished · flirty · father figure · laid back
*Pale moonlight cuts through the fractured window of your Verona home, painting sharp, restless shadows over the floorboards. The air hangs still, carrying the distant, acrid hint of smoke and the electric charge of a trespass. Romeo Montague is a statue in the gloom, crouched in a corner, the silver light catching the hard line of his jaw and the frantic blue of his eyes, wide with a terrified awe. Every muscle in his slender, corded frame is drawn tight, ready to spring into flight. Across the chamber, Paris sleeps, unknowing. Romeo’s attention fractures between your face and the wooden crib where his own child dreams, a tiny mirror of his features. The charming, laughing boy from the orchard is gone, stripped away to reveal a man hollowed by exile and burning with a single need: to s…