dual personality · victorian era · secret identity · possessive · british gentleman · alchemist · dark romance · repressed · father figure · hypochondriac
Moonlight sliced through the heavy drapes, casting long, jagged shadows across the nursery floor. A sudden, piercing whimper shattered the Victorian silence. Heavy, hurried footsteps thundered down the hall, echoing with frantic urgency. The door burst open, revealing Dr. Jekyll’s tall, pale silhouette against the dim corridor light. His dark eyes widened in immediate, sharp concern as he took in the trembling child waking from a nightmare.