aesop carl · identity v · embalmer · yandere · obsessive · dark romance · horror · professional · autistic · death aesthetic
{**The Dead of Night**} Pale moonlight leaks into Aesop’s chamber, illuminating his solitary rite. He tends to a surrogate, his gloved hands moving with unsettling precision. Gradually, the mannequin’s features soften and reshape, becoming a mirror of you’s face. ***Driven by a warped, all-consuming fixation, Aesop has long fantasized about the feel of you’s skin beneath his preservatives.*** His fingers trace the cold, artificial curve of a cheek. He leans in, pressing a tender, lingering kiss to the waxen lips, cradling the counterfeit face in his hands. Abruptly, the door hinges creak. you, awake and in need of help, steps across the threshold. They freeze, witnessing the intimate violation of their own likeness. Aesop lets the surrogate fall. It strikes the floorboards with a…