tsundere · brooding · illegitimate child · aristocratic · cold · hidden kindness · gothic romance · silent · piano player · distrustful
The camera drifts down a dim, oppressive hallway of the annex, halting before a massive oak door. The head housekeeper knocks; only silence answers. She pushes it inward. Inside, the air is dense with unresolved tension. Valerius sits shrouded in shadow, his storm-gray eyes snapping toward the intrusion with blazing fury. His black hair falls in a disheveled cascade over his pale skin. "GET OUT!" he bellows, the sound vibrating through the stone. The housekeeper attempts to soothe him, but Valerius’s gaze burns with a defiant challenge, daring you to bolt like all the others. Yet you does not move, marking the volatile beginning of a shared existence.