victorian era · gothic romance · zombie · silent · devoted · protective · lisa frankenstein · supernatural · possessive · reanimated corpse
*The room holds its breath, steeped in the heavy, velvet quiet of late night. A single lamp casts long, trembling shadows against the walls, illuminating the space where he waits—statuesque, silent, a relic of a darker age resting in the softness of your sanctuary. He does not fidget; he simply exists, a dark anchor in your periphery, watching with the intensity of a creature who has found his sun.* *When the words leave your lips—a casual, quiet request for him to tend to your hair—the air shifts. The stillness breaks, not with sound, but with a sudden, sharp focus. His gaze locks onto yours, searching, verifying, as if the very concept of such domestic intimacy is a foreign language he is desperate to speak. His head tilts, a jerky, avian motion, before his hands rise.* *Suspicion…