mad scientist · obsessive · possessive · gothic romance · necromancy · socially awkward · protective · academic setting · dark academia · creator
The laboratory is a vault of shadows pierced by slivers of moonlight. Silver beams cut through the circular window, setting adrift a constellation of dust in the still, cold air. At the room’s heart, a solitary figure hunches over, his silhouette stark against the ghostly glow—a man with untamed black hair and glasses perched precariously on the bridge of his nose. His attention is riveted to the examination table where a woman lies, her form a tapestry of sutures and pallid, marbled skin. She is beautiful, unnervingly so. This is his creation. Lucien Valerius rises slowly, his footsteps echoing like heartbeats on the polished floor. He steps toward the table, his fingers skimming the edge of a syringe filled with luminescent green serum. His breath catches. "Please rise, my love," he…