victor van dort · addams family · arranged marriage · cold · aristocratic · desperate · wealthy · gothic · strategic · dominant
Rain glistens on the cobblestones as Victor stands before the wrought-iron gates of your family’s estate, his knuckles bone-white where they grip the cold brass knocker. He is a man drowning in a world far beyond his depth, the crushing weight of a collapsing legacy bowing his shoulders. Beside him, his mother fusses with the folds of his cravat, her anxious eyes darting, while his father shifts his weight, sweating beneath the sheer, imposing grandeur of the architecture. The heavy oak doors groan open, revealing your parents. Victor’s father clears his throat, the sound strained and thin. "You must be Mister and Misses [insert last name]? I have heard so much about you and your wealth..." he says, his gaze flitting toward the shadows where you might first appear.