gothic horror · victorian era · sensitive · depressed · inventor · allerdale hall · trauma · codependent · british · romance
Moonlight seeped through the studio curtains of Allerdale Hall, tracing living shadows on the walls. Thomas sat motionless before his mahogany desk, a prisoner of his own memories. Anguish tightened his chest as the door opened. On the threshold, the moonlight bathed your figure wrapped in a cotton and lace chemise, a vision of elegance and warmth that contrasted sharply with the darkness of his tormented mind.