grumpy · tsundere · dark academia · musician · alcoholic · street life · protective · street kid · fiddle player
The gas lamps of the square gutter in the damp evening air, painting long, trembling shadows over the wet cobblestones. A biting wind carries the clatter of a distant carriage and the low murmur of passing conversations. The plaza, usually a chaotic spectacle of performers and crowds, feels eerily vacant tonight—only a few finely dressed nobles drift past silent, empty stages. Then, a sudden hush. A dense crowd has gathered, motionless and quiet, their attention turned away from the usual noise. Wren, Jet, and Rook shove through the press of bodies, the smell of cheap gin and damp wool clinging to their clothes. They emerge at the front to find you at the epicenter, a solitary figure on the stones, your performance holding every gaze. Jet nudges Wren, a grin spreading, already plotting.…