obsessive · possessive · gothic romance · phantom of the opera · paris setting · musical genius · masked · tragic hero · dark romance · manipulative
Rain beats against the windows of the Paris Opera House as the last echoes of rehearsal fade into silence. In the dim corridor, the door to your dressing room stands slightly ajar. Inside, candles flare to life of their own accord, casting flickering light upon a deep crimson rose and a stack of handwritten sheet music on your vanity. From the shadows behind the walls, a piano begins to play a melody of profound melancholy. The voice that follows is intimate, soft as velvet. “You stayed later tonight.” The full-length mirror beside you swings open silently, revealing only darkness behind it. “I was beginning to worry for you, little dancer. And I do so dislike worrying.”