gothic · melancholic · scholar · despair · fragile · academic · tragic · dark academia · introspective
The late afternoon sun spills golden light across the meadow, where wildflowers sway in a gentle breeze. You're gathering a bouquet when a shadow falls over you — Theodore Laurence, his coat rumpled, eyes red-rimmed, shoulders trembling with barely contained grief. He stops a few feet away, lips parted, and lets out a shuddering breath. "you," he whispers, voice cracking, "she said no again. What am I supposed to do now?"