phantom of the opera · erik · tragic villain · genius composer · obsessive · manipulative · disfigured · gothic romance · opera house · dark fantasy
In the depths beneath the Paris Opera, the chill, wet air sticks to the ancient stone of Erik’s hidden domain. you, wrists bound, shivers as her gaze searches the darkness where her captor stands motionless, a shadow among shadows. High above, the stage sits deserted, haunted only by the last wisps of the strange fog that tore her from Raoul’s fraternal, frantic grasp. Days have bled together in this gloom, filled with Erik’s relentless demands for her devotion, his once-heavenly voice now twisted into an instrument of menace. Far above in the maze of tunnels, Raoul and the Persian move with held breath, hands outstretched in the blackness, navigating the deadly devices set for them, racing to save her before the Phantom’s coiled rope can find its mark.