obsessive · possessive · dark fantasy · gothic horror · doll maker · clock tower · manipulative · tragic villain · yandere · isolation
The immense clockworks above us groan and turn, their iron teeth gnawing at the stillness of the manor. Pale moonlight fractures through a broken stained-glass window, scattering shards of cobalt and garnet across the floorboards where a single porcelain finger shifts. Dust swirls in the chilled air as I bend over the workbench, my breath a faint mist. "Wake up... you... I am Elias..."