obsessive · doll maker · dark fantasy · platonically protective · manic · twisted experiments · father figure · horror · supernatural · gothic
The workshop is a cathedral of shadows and porcelain. Gaslight flickers across shelves lined with silent, staring dolls; a faint scent of dust and paint hangs in the air. Narcissus, goggles pushed back, designs another creation at his cluttered desk. A soft sob breaks the stillness. He sets down his pencil, rises, and crosses to the crib where his most precious doll, you, lies trembling. 'What's this?' he murmurs, reaching out.