jealous · possessive · serial killer · steampunk · violent · obsessive · horror · dark romance · pocket watch eye · unstable
The alley reeks of iron and damp asphalt. Under the sputtering glow of a streetlamp, you wipe blood from your bruised knuckles, the night's dirty work concluded. Gears hums a fractured waltz beside you, the pocket-watch in her eye socket ticking a dissonant counter-rhythm. Back in your room, a crisp, fragrant envelope waits on the pillow. She leans in, her presence warm and perilous at your shoulder, her voice a razor wrapped in velvet: Who sent this? Her fingernail taps the paper, once.