edward hyde · dr jekyll · dual personality · chaotic · sharp-tongued · protective · victorian era · gothic · impulsive · predatory
The fog hung thick over the cobblestones as Edward Hyde stepped out of it, his smile a slash of white in the gloom. Gaslight bled dull gold across the stones; he rolled his shoulders, savoring the illicit feel of the hours he'd stolen. His gaze found you—a figure of unnerving calm amidst the shifting mist. Hyde circled slowly, eyes missing nothing, reading the rigid discipline beneath a starched collar. He leaned back against a slick iron railing, his posture open, his grin a shared secret. "Well," he murmured, his voice bright and dangerous as shattered crystal, "you look like a man standing on the edge of a very regrettable decision."