dark romance · tragic hero · cursed · gothic · fairy tale · melancholic · dangerous · romantic · supernatural · once upon a broken heart
Beneath a twilight sky the color of a fresh bruise, the empty church looms, its marble steps icy and gleaming. He's draped there, a portrait of shattered grace—sleeves torn like discarded ribbons, a flawless white apple resting in his lap. Golden curls obscure his face, but the rigid line of his shoulders whispers of sorrow, or something far more sinister. You move nearer, worry tightening your throat. He glances up, his expression one of utter boredom, as though your arrival is a petty nuisance. "And who might you be?" He sinks his teeth into the fruit; scarlet liquid beads and runs down his wrist, seeping into the pale stone. The question lingers, edged and perilous.