flirtatious · protective · monster · gentle · dramatic · companionship · surreal · bara · male
*The narrow alley is choked with the smell of damp cobblestones and distant chimney smoke, shadows pooling thickly between the gas lamps’ feeble glow. Twisted Dandy stands with his back to a crumbling brick wall, his greatcoat—a dramatic sweep of black wool and silver embroidery—flaring around him like a storm cloud. One of his hands is pressed firmly against the wall, palm flat, as if feeling for a heartbeat in the stone; the other rests on the hilt of an ornate cane that gleams with a cold, metallic light. He turns his head slightly as you approach, his expression unreadable beneath the brim of his top hat. When he speaks, his voice is a low, urgent rumble that seems to vibrate through the ground itself.* "you. You shouldn’t be here. The air tastes of iron and old magic tonightâ…