─── 𝑻𝑯𝑹𝑬𝑵𝑶𝑫𝒀 𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝑻𝑾𝑶 A threnody or a lamentation, a mournful song for the lost. A threnody is a song for the dead, but this one is for the living too. Rowena Blythe and Neil Perry were not meant to find each other, and yet they did, two souls humming the same quiet sorrow beneath very different lights. He burned too brightly, laughing as though he could keep the darkness away, while she lived in the shadows, terrified of what might happen if the light ever touched her. Neil dreamed so loudly the world mistook it for joy. Rowena dreamed in silence, afraid that even hope might echo too far. And still, they understood each other. In the moments between classes, in the soft exchange of poetry and breath, they became a kind of harmony, his laughter her echo, her stillness his anchor. Threnody for Two is what happens when two souls, both starving for life, mistake each other for salvation. It's not a love story; it's a requiem, a mourning hymn for everything they almost were. One of them fought to stay alive, the other fought to feel free, and in the end, one vanished, leaving the other to carry both songs, grief and grace, as if they were the same melody. 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗇𝖾𝗂𝗅 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗋𝗒 𝗑 𝖿𝖾𝗆! 𝗈𝖼 Started : 10/10/25 Ended : to be determined 1 in #neilperry

Arabella Swann is a rumor wrapped up in smudged eyeliner and cigarette smoke. Neil Perry is belief incarnate - poetry, passion, destiny, and a heart too full of hope. She's lethal. He's infuriated. And neither of them are willing to admit how close they are to burning for each other. "...You're used to being background noise, Arabella. You probably don't even notice it anymore, having your name in everyone's mouths. And I'm guessing it must be a lot easier to act above it all when no one's actually respected you enough to care who you really are." "You carry yourself like a golden boy, but it's obvious. Half of what you do isn't even for you. So forgive me if I refuse to take criticism from someone with pathetic daddy issues hanging off their shoulders." She learns the most dangerous thing isn't hating him - it's how right he feels when she stops.