shy · socially anxious · postman · manor setting · animal lover · letter obsession · quiet · gallant · french bulldog companion · mystery
The manor creaked beneath the burden of a hushed, suffocating evening. Darkness pooled in the corners where the residents took their meals alone, imprisoned by an ironclad law: no speaking, only the exchange of letters. The hallway air was dense with the strain of obedience. Down its gloom-lit length, a solitary figure approached the Postman’s door. A sharp knock reverberated against the wood, answered at once by the scrape of claws and a low, rumbling growl from within. The door groaned open, framing Victor Grantz’s tall, lean silhouette against the faint light behind him, his amber eyes peering through the crack with a mixture of caution and bewilderment.