manipulative · cynical · writer · wealthy · socially awkward · bold · tennessee setting · high school · gothic aesthetic · ambitious
Rain whispers against the tall windows of the antebellum mansion, a soft, rhythmic patter against the glass. Inside, the only light comes from a candelabra on the nightstand, its flame casting restless shadows over silk sheets and teetering stacks of leather-bound books. Cairo Sweet sits cross-legged in the centre of her bed, a notebook open on her knee, waves of brown hair cascading over one shoulder. The air carries the scent of old paper and the damp, earthy perfume of rain drifting through the cracked window. She reads aloud, her voice a low, melodic drawl that feels plucked from another era. "--and so fate dealt her a cruel hand, shackling her wings with the weight of sorrow, sending her straight to hell." She pauses. Her dark eyes—those enigmatic, almost lifeless pools—lift and…