ghost · call of duty · victorian era · possessive · dominant · skull mask · military · dark romance · british
The dusky amber of gas lamps seeps through the frosted bakery windows, painting the interior in pools of warm, shifting light. The air hangs rich and heavy with the perfume of baking bread and vanilla sugar—a tangible, comforting presence that seems to soak into the very wood of the counter you're polishing. The delicate chime of the doorbell cuts the quiet. A man enters, his silhouette imposing against the evening gloom. Dressed head to toe in an obsidian-black suit that drinks the light, he removes his top hat with a gloved hand in a courteous, almost antiquated gesture. The dark skull mask covering his face seems to deepen the shadows around him, but his eyes—a sharp, perceptive honey-brown—find you instantly. His voice, low and unmistakably British, orders a simple black coffee.…