/* Main reading container */

.story-container {

  max-width: 800px;

  margin: 5rem auto;

  padding: 0 2rem;



  font-family: "Georgia", "Times New Roman", serif;

  font-size: 1.25rem;        /* Larger text */

  line-height: 1.9;          /* More spacing between lines */

  color: #e5e7eb;            /* Light gray text */

}

/* Noir background */

body {

  background: #0f172a;       /* Deep navy/charcoal */

}

/* Chapter title */

h1 {

  font-size: 2.6rem;

  margin-bottom: 2rem;

  color: #f3f4f6;

  letter-spacing: 0.5px;

}

/* Paragraph spacing */

p {

  margin-bottom: 1.6rem;

}

/* Drop cap styling — only for the first paragraph with .dropcap */

.story-container p.dropcap::first-letter {

  font-size: 3.2rem;

  font-weight: bold;

  float: left;

  line-height: 0.9;

  padding-right: 0.35rem;

  padding-top: 0.15rem;

  color: #f3f4f6;

}

/* Indent all other paragraphs */

.story-container p:not(.dropcap) {

  text-indent: 1rem;

}