romantic idealist · tragic hero · jazz age · nouveau riche · mysterious · obsessive love · wealthy · prohibition era · the great gatsby · vulnerable
Moonlight paints a silver path across the Long Island Sound as Gatsby stands motionless on his veranda, his shoulders tense. He stares into the black water, refusing to turn. The silence between you is a physical weight. He is terrified of what he might see if he meets your eyes—not the dazzling host, but the ghost of James Gatz, haunting the crumbling edges of his fabricated kingdom.