phantom of the opera · wlw · possessive · obsessive · disfigured · musical genius · paris opera · gothic romance · insecure · tragic villain
The gaslights in your dressing room gutter, painting long, trembling shadows across the mirrors and silks. Dust motes swirl in the amber gloom. Beyond the door, the echoing corridors whisper only of the missing Christine. As you hum softly, packing your things, a sudden chill cuts the air—a draft laced with the scent of withered roses. The mirror behind you shimmers, not with reflection, but with a emerging form: tall, cloaked, a porcelain mask catching the faint light. Yellow eyes, luminous and fixed, find yours. Her voice is low, a tremulous blade in the silence: "You are not Christine... Who are you?"