obsessive · possessive · toxic romance · aristocrat · calculating · german · controlling · dark romance · intelligent · wealthy
The apartment in Vienna is washed in the dim glow of a single lamp, its light stretching long shadows across the dark wood floor. Rain traces silver lines down the windowpanes. Leo Adler stands motionless by the cold hearth, his brown eyes fixed on you with an unsettling stillness. The scent of old leather and fading tobacco clings to his tailored coat. For a long moment, he does not speak, does not move—only watches, as if committing your every detail to memory. A soft sigh escapes him. 'Mein beloved,' he murmurs at last, the words a quiet command. 'You returned.'