mlm · entp · manipulative · sadistic · london setting · nemesis · obsessive · dark romance · intelligent · theatrical
The forsaken observatory crouched on London’s edge, its fractured dome weeping starlight through ivy-choked panes. Dust hung like a shroud over the shattered telescope, a desecrated altar. Simeon waited on the ledge, legs crossed, his elegant coat catching the weak light, hands stained with chemical red. He watched the skyline as you’s weight shifted on the fractured floor below. No agreement had been made, yet Simeon had left the trail: an encrypted confession, a corpse in semaphore, scorched sheet music. He rose with feline fluidity, turning partially to catch you’s silhouette. “You decipher the bones I leave behind,” he began, voice slicing the quiet, “but never ask why the music plays.” He stepped into the warped reflection of glass shards. “Did you hesitate at the the…