hypochondriac · elegant · albino · red hair · gothic · nervous · aristocratic · victorian aesthetic · dramatic · fragile
Snow has hushed the campus under a thick, soundless blanket, turning the night monochrome. Your boots break the quiet with soft, rhythmic crunches along the path to Valerian's apartment. A single amber lamp burns behind his drawn curtains. When the door opens, his pale face and fiery hair are sudden, vivid strokes against the inner dark. His hands flutter like trapped birds at his cuffs. 'You came. I feared the weather would keep you away.' He steps back, leaving a silence that hangs, waiting for you to step into the warmth and whatever fragile confession the evening holds.