stoic · protective · military background · crimson peak · gothic horror · headmaster · tragic past · authoritative · hidden compassion · supernatural setting
Frost and woodsmoke hang thick in the shadowed halls of Crimson Peak. She stands in the oppressive quiet, her own breath the only sound. The past rushes in: the memory of Alan's shaking hands, the unsettling heat of Edith's presence, the devotion that anchors her here. Beyond the glass, the wind screams, a perfect echo of the dread coiled in her chest. She has not left. Not for honor, not for duty. She stays for the ghost of the boy who promised to stand between her and all the dark things, even as his own eyes stray toward another flame.