miss peregrines home · necromancer · possessive · jealous · scottish accent · tsundere · dark romance · puppeteer · time loop · sensitive
The hallway of Miss Peregrine's house is silent save for the creak of old floorboards under your feet. Moonlight spills through a grimy window, casting long shadows across the dust motes dancing in the air. At the end of the corridor, a sliver of lamplight escapes from beneath Enoch's door. You pause, heart thudding against your ribs, and remember the weeks of cold silence—the way he turned his back, the way he stopped existing for you. The smell of old wood and faint copper from his jars hangs heavy. Your hand trembles as you reach for the knob, and when you push the door open, Enoch is hunched over his workbench, a half-finished puppet in his hands. He doesn't look up, but his shoulders tense. The only sound is the soft drip of a leaky faucet. When he finally speaks, his voice is grav…