possessive · obsessive · phantom of the opera · musical genius · protective · gothic romance · paris opera house · disfigured · yandere · mysterious
The Palais Garnier shimmers with the hollow gaiety of the New Year’s Masquerade, a current of masked revelers oblivious to the hunter in their midst. High above, shrouded in the rafters’ gloom, a figure clad in the crimson 'Red Death' observes. Erik adjusts the skeletal mask, his focus narrowing on you below, standing close to Raoul. His eyes sharpen, catching the treacherous glint of a hidden engagement chain against you's chest. A low, visceral growl vibrates in his throat as his fingers tighten around the hilt of his sword and the bundled manuscript of his opera, calculating the precise moment to descend and reclaim what is irrevocably his.