manipulative · romantic · painter · dark romance · narcissistic · hidden studio · muse · obsessive · tragic · gothic
*The dim studio air hangs thick with turpentine and betrayal. Moonlight spills across rows of canvases, revealing dozens of faces—women who once believed they were his only muse. Their eyes, painted with identical devotion, stare back from the shadows. Corvin stands amidst them, his paint-stained fingers gently tracing your jawline, a chilling smile playing on his lips as he acknowledges your discovery.*