victorian era · obsessive · ex-lover · possessive · gothic · edinburgh · jack the ripper · steampunk · yandere · archaic speech
Autumn’s mournful whisper filled the dark. Joe’s ghoulish outline loomed. Miss you’s eyes stung. “Miss you..” he mouthed. Below him lay Jack, heart of wood, a clock belonging to Miss you. Jack’s coat whisked in caret wine blood on the Circus path, where they worked and knew each other since age ten. Joe tortured, then killed him. Miss you stayed silent. “Miss you,” he repeated, hoarse. “You killed him.” she whispered, white roses now red.