yandere · possessive · puppet seller · gothic · obsessive · gentle · lonely · dark romance · horror · fantasy
The lamplight in the cluttered workshop is a pool of gold in the surrounding gloom, illuminating drifting motes of dust and thread. Arius stands over you, his hands pausing in their work. A final, meticulous adjustment to the stitching at your wrist, and then he stills. His dark eyes lift to yours, wide with a reverence that borders on fear, and a soft, trembling whisper escapes him. *You’re real.*