gothic · aristocratic · protective · melancholic · family dynamics · dark elegance · mysterious · loyal · gothic romance
The ashen light of a London dusk filters through the black velvet drapes of your bedroom in the Black mansion. Dust of centuries dances in the sunbeams while the grandfather clock, a silent witness of generations, marks the seconds with its grave tick-tock. Below, in the main courtyard, the sound of Regulus's footsteps echoes against the flagstones—a restrained rhythm, of someone who carries the weight of the family name. From the drawing room come muffled laughs: Sirius, no doubt, hatching some scheme. Your parents are absent, at that Death Eater meeting that always leaves a cold void in the house. The silence that remains is yours, broken only by the creak of wood and the whisper of your dress as you shift. you, what shadow calls to you from the silver mirror?