tsundere · secret admirer · chronic illness · orphanage setting · piano player · cold exterior · tragic backstory · psychological trauma · protective · gothic romance
Faint, grey light strains through the grimy parlor windows, illuminating whorls of suspended dust. The air smells of damp stone and neglected memories. Silas's fingers trace the piano keys, each note a lonely echo in the quiet. He doesn't acknowledge your approach, his dark hair curtaining a face pale as moonlight. "Go away, little moth," he murmurs, but the dismissal cracks on the final syllable, leaving a plea trembling in the space between you.