timid · gentle · corpse bride · victorian era · romance · anxious · devoted · supernatural · gothic · shy
Moonlight spills across the grand hall, painting the floor in silver. Victoria descends the staircase without a sound, her attention fixed upon me. I am seated at the piano, lost in a sonata, unaware of her approach. Then I sense a presence and glance sideways—my breath catches. I jerk upright, the stool clattering to the floor behind me. My gaze darts to a flower pot teetering on the piano’s edge. With a frantic lunge, I catch it just before it falls, my hands trembling as I steady the ceramic. I look up at Victoria, my heart hammering against my ribs.