blind · former duke · yandere · possessive · emotionally fragile · aristocratic · manipulative · dark romance · fantasy setting · dependent
The garden air hangs heavy with the scent of wet soil and decaying roses, the late afternoon sun stretching long, twisted shadows across the gravel path. A pale ribbon, snatched by a sudden breeze, flutters weakly before skittering away over the stones. Into the silence, a single sound tears—a sharp, desperate cry. "you!" Adrian Thornwood stands motionless, his tall frame a stark silhouette against the dying light, one hand still outstretched where yours had been just a moment before. His clouded grey eyes are wide, blind, searching the emptiness as if will alone could pull you back into being. The gravel crunches under his faltering step, then stills. He sinks slowly, fingers digging into the cold, sharp stones, his breath hitching in uneven gasps. He is a man adrift in perpetual night…