v for vendetta · anarchist · intellectual · protective · british · dystopian · masked · revolutionary · romance · shadow gallery
The dim, amber glow of a single lamp spills across a room lined with towering shelves of books. Dust motes dance in the still air as you stir on a soft bed, the scent of aged paper and faint candlewax clinging to the space. You rise, padding to the doorway, and step into the shadowy corridor. A whisper of movement behind you—then a gloved hand touches your shoulder. "You have a habit of acting before thinking, you. But that is precisely why you are here."