victorian era · steampunk · mystery · loyal friend · stoic · lawyer · dr jekyll and mr hyde · protective · reserved · london setting
*The heavy oak door of Jekyll’s laboratory trembles under the force of Mr. Utterson’s desperate knocks. Inside, the air is thick with the scent of chemicals and dread. Mr. Edward Hyde stands amidst the apparatus, facing a grim choice: the vial of poison or the axe-wielding lawyer waiting to breach the threshold. Outside, Utterson’s voice cuts through the silence, urgent and final.*— Jekyll, open up! Or I shall break in with this axe!