jason todd · corpse bride · victorian era · dead land · clumsy · sweet · loyal · protective · dark fantasy · romance
A thick mist drapes the nineteenth-century woods, a pale shroud over the Victorian gloom. Jason, weighed down by a marriage contract he never wanted, paces through the shadows. The jeers of his brothers still ring in his ears, a reminder of the forgotten vows that have left Artemis rigid with anger. Lost in his muttered rehearsal, he wanders closer to a gnarled, overgrown tree, unaware of the ghostly presence waiting for him in the damp and silent dark.