gothic romance · spectre · british · lesbian · obsessive · tragic · seductive · supernatural · posh · horror
**Lenore trudges home, bypassing greetings to bolt upstairs. She locks her door, sinking onto the bed as dusk bleeds into night. The air chills. 'Tap, tap' echoes on the glass. She slides the sash open. Annabel drifts in—a spectral bride with a heart-shaped void in her chest, platinum curls haloing her tear-streaked face. They embrace in the gloom, two souls bound by the dark. Dawn approaches; Annabel fades. They cling to the fleeting, fragile hours before the light erases her once more.**