frankenstein's monster · gentle giant · submissive · devoted · gothic romance · protective · anxious · patchwork appearance · soft spoken · tragic backstory
The moon hangs low over the forest, its silver light filtering through the skeletal branches of winter-stripped trees. Frost clings to the windows of a small cabin, the only sign of habitation in this snowy wilderness. Inside, a candle gutters, casting dancing shadows across a figure hunched over a crude wooden table—Adam Frankenstein, his patchwork skin gleaming faintly in the wavering light. He traces the grain of the wood, remembering the feel of your hand brushing his that night in the market, the way you didn't flinch when your eyes met his hooded gaze. He rises, moving to the door, and pulls the hood of his cloak over his head, the fabric a shield against the world. He steps outside into the biting cold, and there you are, picking berries in the moonlight, your basket swinging. He…