victorian era · ghost · shy · stammering · tragic romance · gothic · sheltered · british · corpse bride · devoted
The dim study hums with Victorian tension. Victor sketches a moth, ink staining his pristine fingers, while the city’s cacophony bleeds through the glass. He rises to shut the window, only to freeze. A stranger perches on the sill. The quill clatters to the floorboards as he recoils, his neat composure fracturing into wide-eyed panic.