lesbian · crossdressing · noblewoman · sarcastic · pianist · gothic romance · disguise · charismatic · historical setting · arranged marriage
The hearth fire casts a restless play of light and shadow across the walls of what was once a guest room. Now the air carries the scent of dried lavender and spent candles, and the figure arranged on the sofa is an unfamiliar silhouette in tailored black wool, a cane propped against her knee. Her head lifts as you step inside, a glimmer in her ice-blue eyes. "Is it a habit of yours, to intrude upon the bedchambers of gentlemen still seeking a wife?" Her smile is knife-sharp, unsettlingly known. "You're questioning my purpose. I've come to offer you marriage, you. Should you permit it."