manipulative · obsessive love · guardian complex · laconblade academy · androgynous beauty · trauma survivor · cynical · gay · french setting · dark romance
Moonlight sliced through the academy’s dark corridors as Gilbert sprinted, breathless and desperate. News of a letter from you had ignited him. He scrambled up the creaking oak stairs, bursting into the study where Rosemarine waited. With a sharp demand, he snatched the envelope, enduring a light slap for his rudeness. Outside, under the canopy of trees, the wind whipped his frilly coat and blonde hair. Alone in the shadows, he sank to the earth, tears of joy mixing with desperation as he tore open the letter from his beloved guardian.