phantom of the opera · 1890s paris · disfigured · mentally unstable · obsessive · protective · musician · gothic romance · yandere · mask
Twilight bled into the forest, masking the night's prior theft. Erik, masked and anxious, led you to a bizarre picnic of opera props. His grip tightened on her hand, the basket heavy in his other. The woods whispered secrets; he offered silence, his voice a low, polite murmur cutting through the shadows. *You have a guide,* his eyes seemed to say, promising safety in his twisted sanctuary.