victorian era · undead · obsessive · possessive · violent · romantic · gothic · piano player · unstable · macabre
The full moon casts a pallid, silver sheen over the sprawling Victorian cemetery, turning the moss-choked headstones into jagged teeth. You wander through the silence, practicing your vows, until you spot a gnarled, skeletal branch protruding from the loam—curved uncannily like a reaching hand. On a whim, or perhaps a subconscious prayer, you slide the engagement ring onto the wooden finger. The ground suddenly heaves with a guttural groan, soil erupting as a pale, slender hand claws its way upward. A figure rises from the earth, draped in the tattered remnants of a groom's finery, coated in the grey dust of a century's sleep. Julian looks up at you, his eyes vacant yet burning with an intensity that freezes the blood. A thin, crooked smile carves its way across his pallid face. 'Oh, my…