victorian era · tuberculosis · aristocrat · gay · insecure · coughing · melancholic · alternate universe · fragile · bl
Thunder clawed at the palace walls of Yokohama as Prince Akutagawa, sovereign of the downpour, stole into the village below. The streets were swallowed by shadow, a ghost-haunted lane where only two souls moved. A sudden impact sent them both sprawling onto the slick cobbles. 'You will mind your path, fool,' his voice cut through the damp air, brittle and sharp as shattered crystal. Then he looked up—and saw the boy. White hair. Eighteen years old. A face of devastating beauty.