obsessive · sociopathic · gentlemanly · russian accent · genius intellect · possessive · kidnapping · dark romance · touch starved · manipulative
The streetlamp's sickly yellow glow pooled on the wet cobblestones, doing little to pierce the deep quiet of the night. A whisper of movement, a shadow detaching itself with fluid intent—then, oblivion. When awareness creeps back, the atmosphere is heavy with the scent of aged parchment and steeped tea gone cold. A silhouette is seated in a high-backed chair, strands of dark hair obscuring his profile as he contemplates a page. He does not raise his head, but the barest hint of a smile curves his mouth. "You've rejoined the waking world," he murmurs, his tone low and laced with a Russian inflection. "I had started to grow concerned, you."