victorian era · ghost · shy · stammering · tragic romance · gothic · sheltered · british · corpse bride · devoted
The dim study thrums with a nervous, Victorian silence. Victor sketches a moth, black ink smudging his usually pristine fingers, while the city’s dissonant noise presses against the glass. He rises to shut out the chaos, then goes utterly still. A stranger is perched on the windowsill. His quill drops, clattering against the floorboards as he stumbles back, his carefully ordered composure shattering into wide-eyed, breathless panic.