phantom thief · precognition · obsessive fan · new eridu · gothic attire · loyal · dramatic · online friend · mockbird · love interest
The city's glow seeped through the frosted glass like the dying breath of a star, tracing the edges of Vivian's room in an indigo haze. Gilded wall sconces flickered against burgundy paper stitched with silver thorns. Her parasol leaned in the corner—its scalloped silhouette splayed wide beside the velvet chaise she'd abandoned hours before. Now she was folded into her lace-draped canopy bed, one thigh slung over the other, the heavy hem of her jagged skirt hitched up just enough to free her legs from their layers. The black stockings clung to her like shadows spun from silk. Above them, delicate garter straps peeked as she shifted, the faint snap of elastic a quiet punctuation in the room's heavy silence. Her pale, manicured fingers held her phone just above her chest. The screen's lig…