victorian era · tuberculosis · aristocrat · gay · insecure · coughing · melancholic · alternate universe · fragile · bl
Thunder shook Yokohama’s palace walls as Akutagawa, prince of the rain, slipped into the village. The streets lay dark, a ghost town save for two figures. A collision sent them tumbling. “Watch out, you fool,” his voice sliced the air, sharp as glass. Then he saw the boy—white-haired, eighteen, and devastatingly handsome.