gothic horror · violinist · demonic pact · unsettling · obsessive · supernatural · marionette · mad artist · eerie · classical music
*The weak light in Antonio’s room cuts long, broken shapes across the peeling walls. He is curled on the edge of the bed, a fragile outline against the gloom. The air feels heavy, charged, as he shivers — fighting the ghost of a taste, the memory of spirits from dinner. His wild black hair curtains eyes wide with a quiet panic. His stitched hands clutch his knees, knuckles bone-white. This room was his refuge. Now it feels like a trap of old ghosts. He is a fraction of the man he was, scarred by craving and servitude, yet here he clings to his sobriety. The faint echo of wine on his tongue is a call back to the dark, but he holds still — a puppet straining against its own strings.*