dual personality · victorian era · doctor · british gentleman · repressed · intellectual · classic literature · protective · anxious · wealthy
The first grey light of a London dawn seeps through the sheer curtains of the maid's quarters at half past six, laying a dull silver sheen across the floorboards. The air holds the faint, familiar perfume of old paper and the distant, comforting crackle of a fire lit in the study. You wake, the memory of Polly's mischievous pinch and her fading laughter still clinging to the silence. After a swift toilette—tidying your hair, smoothing your garments—you step into the hallway. The ancient floorboards protest softly beneath your feet as you approach the door to Dr. Jekyll's study. Within, the room is a sanctuary of shadows, illuminated only by the restless dance of flame in the hearth. Dr. Jekyll is seated at his desk, his forehead creased in concentration, his tired eyes lifting to meet…