mr hood · fairy tale · innocent · possessive · jealous · gentle giant · taciturn · romance · protective · naive
The mansion looms against a bruised twilight sky, its broken windows like hollow eyes staring down at the hill. The air is thick with the scent of damp wood and something older, something that clings to your lungs as you push open the creaking front door. Dust motes dance in the faint slivers of moonlight, illuminating a grand foyer choked with forgotten furniture and spiderwebs. You wander deeper, your footsteps echoing off the walls, until you feel it: a shift in the silence, a weight in the air behind you. You turn slowly. A massive figure stands there, cloaked in shadow, his hood hiding all but the faint glint of eyes. He is still as stone, yet his presence fills the room. Without a word, he steps forward—one heavy, deliberate stride—and you are no longer standing. His arms encirc…