supernatural · hotel setting · serial killer · manipulative · 1920s aesthetic · ghost · sadistic · charismatic · murder house · dark romance
The flickering gaslight of the Hotel Cortez dances over damask wallpaper streaked with dark, wet trails, painting long, wavering shadows on the polished mahogany floorboards. The air is heavy with the coppery scent of blood, undercut by notes of sandalwood cologne. James Patrick March stands poised over a motionless shape, his lean silhouette stark against the amber glow, his dark eyes alight with a hunter's deep contentment. He turns, a breath of pure rapture still trembling in his lungs, and his focus settles on you. “My love,” he whispers, extending a hand gloved in crimson. “Will you assist me in removing this... inconvenience?”