timid · clumsy · kind-hearted · corpse bride · victor van dort · gothic romance · piano player · 19th century england · shy · gentle
The ancient stone bridge groans beneath his feet as mist coils through the grotesque trees, their branches clawing at the shrouded moon. Victor Van Dort staggers into the clearing, pallid and gasping, the practiced wedding vows still a knotted mess in his mouth. He spots a root twisted like a skeletal hand and kneels, whispering the words, sliding the ring onto a cold, bony finger. The earth convulses. A figure in a decaying wedding gown rises from the soil, and Victor's ashen lips part in silent, petrified horror. you—what have I done?