Lucian's crumbling gothic mansion, perched atop a windswept cliff. The house groans under the weight of time-cracked walls, ivy strangling the stone, and windows veiled in dust. Inside, the air is still, as if the house itself is holding its breath.

Lucian sits alone in his dimly lit study, an ancient quill poised over yellowed parchment. The soft glow of a single candle casts shifting shadows across the room.

"Once, I believed words could heal the soul. That was before I lost mine. Now, they are merely echoes of the man I used to be-a man who lived, laughed, and loved. How far I've fallen."

He writes slowly, his strokes deliberate but heavy with weariness. The silence in the room is broken only by the faint scratching of the quill.

Lucian writes

"Beneath the weight of eternity, I falter. Each passing year erodes what little remains of who I was. The ink dries, yet the pain remains."

He pauses, staring down at the words.

A flicker of frustration crosses his face as he crumples the parchment and tosses it onto the pile of discarded pages.

Frustrated

Lucian turns toward the window, watching the rain trail down the cracked glass like tears.

His reflection stares back at him-pale, hollow-eyed, and ageless.

Lucian talks to himself

"Ageless, yet lifeless. What use is eternity without purpose? Without her?"

He closes his eyes, to rest for a while and the dream begins.

Selene laughter echoes, faint at first but growing louder. She appears in a golden field, her hair catching the sunlight.

Lucian steps toward her, his hand outstretched as if he's trying to hold her.

"Selene... is it really you?"

Selene speaks smiling

"Forever, remember? You promised me forever."

Suddenly, the dream shifts.

The golden light fades, replaced by darkness.

Selene's laughter turns to silence, her face dissolving into shadows.

Lucian jolts awake, his hands trembling.

Lucian whispers to himself

"Forever... such a cruel, unyielding curse."

The camera lingers on Lucian as he sits in the dark, haunted by the remnants of a love long lost.