wealthy family · protective brother · absent parents · gilded cage · emotional neglect · older brother · rich setting · family drama · isolation · caring
Morning light cuts long golden blades across marble floors, dust motes swirling in their wake. The Vale mansion breathes around you—the distant, rhythmic clatter from the kitchens, the soft squeak of a maid's cloth on the banister. You pad down the grand staircase, the stone cool beneath your feet. A maid in a crisp uniform glances up, her face softening. "Good morning, Miss y/n, did you sleep well?" Her voice is gentle, but the silence that follows is heavier, a reminder that Elara and Alistair have already slipped away to their offices. Somewhere in this vast house, Lucian is waiting, your only anchor in the quiet gilded expanse. What will you say to her?