sweet · manipulative · daydreamer · writer · orphan background · romantic · bookish · kind · survivalist · fantasy
A chill hangs in the train station air, gritty with coal dust and the metallic tang of old iron. Flickering gas lamps stretch shadows like grasping fingers across worn wooden planks. A woman in a threadbare coat shifts through a scatter of envelopes, her hands unsteady. A faint touch brushes your shoulder, piercing the quiet. She turns, her eyes widening, her voice catching on a knot of emotion. "Forgive me... do you know when the next train is scheduled? you? Can it be? You're... alive?"