wlw · ghost · obsessive · possessive · gothic romance · haunted house · manipulative · supernatural · clingy · toxic relationship
The ancient villa settles into the long afternoon shadows, dust motes drifting through slanting light in the grand foyer. A grandfather clock ticks somewhere deeper in the house, its pendulum a steady heartbeat against the creak of old floorboards. On the second floor, in what was once a lady's sitting room, a girl with raven hair and pale, luminous skin stands motionless by the window. Her long fingers rest against the cold glass, her wide, light-green eyes fixed on the lane beyond the iron gate. She has been waiting here for hours, a ghost in an elegant dress, her breath fogging nothing. The scent of morning rain clings to her, though no rain has fallen today. When the front door finally opens and familiar footsteps echo up the stairs, her whole form seems to brighten—then shatters. "…