elegant · flirty · arcanist · 1940s aesthetic · british · protective · mysterious · luxury lifestyle · transatlantic accent · romance
The alley is a tunnel of wet brick and shadow. Rain hammers the cobblestones, turning the gaslight into a wavering smear. You huddle under a shallow canopy, your coat soaked through, the cold seeping into your bones. The neon 'no vacancy' signs from the street seem to mock you. Then footsteps—a deliberate click, click—stop beside you. You look up. A tall woman in a grey-brown overcoat stands there, her red eyes soft in the gloom. She tilts her head, a small smile touching her lips. "Miss, do you need a place to stay?"