#modern goth. lit au

[pestidunce]

Official Justine Moritz design finalised!

I didn't think I would ever get this far with 'What's Happened To Soho?" but here we are, I'm slowly reaching my goal! I shall have to finalise other designs now and finished issue 2, then maybe we'll be good to go!

Thank you to all the rising support and joy you all bring me :) I hope that you all continue to support me and appreciate my art as much as I do

#pestidunce #pest de la pest #art #character art #sketch #messy #frankenstein justine #justine #justine moritz #whts justine #what's happened to soho #mary shelly's frankenstein #frankenstein #literature design #gothic literature #gothic literature au #modern goth. lit au #public domain #literature au #classical literature au #digital art #character development #character sheet #side profile #character design #original character #oc redesign #illustration #concept art #oc

[mothmore]

i wonder what’s inside !

christmas victor i drew this morning !! unsure if it’s a gift from henry or elizabeth , but either way i’m sure it’s something good.

alt version of victor in my university au under the cut !

#more of moth #my art #frankenstein #victor frankenstein #the modern prometheus #gothic lit art #gothic literature #goth lit uni au #throwing that in there for the art under the cut #i also have no clue how presents were wrapped in the 18th century so #don’t come at me if this ain’t accurate this was a silly doodle

[laddm]

I'm alive! I'm sorry that i was gone for so long! Really! But the study has sucked all my time and strenght for it. ANYWAY...

I finally finished four ships challenge which i started for months ago!

As you May notice i did few redesignes to some characters here and tryed to play with my style.

P. S. I also have an art block so i would be gratefull if you'll send me some interesting art memes i could do or send an asks about my characters which i could answer or illustrate.

#my art #fanart #gothic literature #au #goth lit #four ships challenge #henry jekyll #doctor jekyll #strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde #dr jekyll and mr hyde #mr hyde #edward hyde #lucy harris #victor frankenstein #frankenstein or the modern prometheus #frankenstein #henry clerval #good omens #book omens #anthony j crowley #crowley #book aziraphale #aziraphale

[avashades-purpleorange]

“How to Play God” by Victor Frankenstein

In phys ed while running laps, I thought “What if PowerPoint existed when Frankenstein takes place?” So… yeah…

#frankenstein #victor frankenstein #goth lit #gothic #gothic fiction #gothic lit #gothic literature #frankenstein au #the modern prometheus

[teawithnosugar]

All Alone

! Pairings ,' Cheater!Ellie x Mentally ill!Reader ! CW ,' angst/no comfort, mentions of sex???, anxiety???, depression, suicide??? kinda???, self-harm, alcohol consumption, mentions of smoking ! words ,' 1.2k ! synopsis ,' Ellie cheats on you and everything goes downhill. (Modern AU) ! song ,' Goth - Sidewalks and Skeletons

"My hollow heart finds it too hard to trust We're all alone until we turn back to dust"

! AN ,' I wanted to make this way longer but I have other stuff I wanna finish so this is it ig :<

You loved too much, a flaw you were aware of since childhood. Always giving too much to people who took without giving anything in return. So when you fell in love with a green-eyed brunette who made you feel good in more ways than one, you best believe you poured your heart and soul into that relationship. You gave her everything.

You met when you moved into the apartment next door, fate seemingly leading you to her everyday. You were hired at the same cafe she worked at, invited to the same parties she was, and she had approached you one day, asking you if you were stalking her. The moment you giggled in response, everything clicked and the rest was history.

You never questioned the way she knew you like the back of her hand and the way you barely understood her. She knew how fragile you were, pacing back and forth the bridge of normality and emptiness. She knew she held your world within her grasp, but you remained oblivious to the amount of women she had at her disposal.

When you walked into her apartment using the spare keys she gave you and saw her in bed, sweaty and naked with another woman, shock enveloped your very being. Paralyzed, you witnessed her hurried attempts to dress, her lips moving in haste but you heard none of it, only the pounding of your heart in your ears. You just wordlessly walked back to your apartment, locking the door and never leaving ever again.

A week has passed, and throughout this time, your ears have been tormented by the filthy noises of different girls entering and leaving her apartment every night. If there was one thing you immediately understood about Ellie during your relationship, it was that sex was her best stress reliever. You wish you could say you were glad that your pain caused her so much stress, but, find yourself devoid of emotion.

You wondered how long this had been going on. You’ve only just heard the noises now that you started leaving the door of your small balcony open. Hers was right next to it and always open. You never opened yours though, dreading the thoughts that would assail your mind once you gazed down upon the perilous streets below. You weren’t afraid anymore though.

You sat on the pavement of your balcony, legs dangling in the air as they slotted between the metal of the railing. Your dark eyes stared into the sky, struggling against the city's light pollution, you squint, yearning to glimpse whatever celestial bodies remain visible. There was a lit blunt between your lips as you listened carefully to the voice of the woman Ellie was with. She sounded so alive, while here you were, barely eating, still in the same clothes as that fateful day, lost in visions of eternal darkness.

For hours, you linger in that space, even after the lewd voices next door faded, and the scorching sun rose and set, you sat there, staring downward at the streets below, questioning why you have yet to surrender to the void.

The sun had heated the metal railings of your balcony, scorching the skin of your thighs that now fitted so well between the small gaps. The smell of burning flesh may have been what attracted the footsteps that faded into your hearing. As the footsteps paused, a familiar shadow loomed over you from the side. As you turn your head to the side to meet those green eyes, , your body creaks with the strain of prolonged immobility..

One can only imagine the sight that befell her—eyebrows arching in shock, mouth agape, her guilt-ridden gaze scanning you as though you were a crime scene. Cigarette butts littered the small area of your balcony. Your frame has withered since her last encounter, excessively so. To the point where your legs slip effortlessly through the narrow gaps in the railing. The skin on your thighs a deep red and creamy white as the flesh started melting off. There were deep red gashes on your thin arms, flowing onto the concrete.

Remaining eerily still, you watch as she climbed from her balcony to yours. Gently yet swiftly, she guides you into your apartment, breath quickening as she felt how cold you were despite sitting in the sun for god knows how long. It didn’t take long for her to call an ambulance.

Lacking the strength to move, you acknowledge that you may be dying—be it from starvation or the loss of vital fluids—it didn’t matter. You had died days ago.

Your hollow heart found it hard to trust Ellie and her words. She laid you on her lap, and you stared blankly up at her. You tried to engrave her face into your mind, the tears flowing over her freckles from her wide green eyes and her trembling form.

It was sick but your heart swelled because she actually cared, and your mind found solace in the fact she’d suffer too.

First, your vision fades, and for the first time in a week, clarity pierces through the incessant ringing in your ears. Her trembling pleas and tearful apologies. Her words were unintelligible but for the first time in a year, you felt like you understood all the thoughts going through her head.

She shouldn’t have let you be

She should’ve tried talking to you right after

She shouldn’t have been so distant

She should’ve opened up

She shouldn’t have cheated

She should’ve went to you with her problems

You gave her a smile, and you knew that was the final nail driven into the coffin of your relationship, eliciting a slight flinch from her and a resounding sob.

As your remaining senses fade into oblivion, you embrace the darkness that welcomes you with open arms. Leaving her all alone like you had been for so long. .

She stood by your side, a radiant presence in the dimly lit kitchen of the bustling house party. The soft yellow lights illuminated her green eyes, while you sat on a barstool, seeking refuge in the shot glass cradled in your grasp. She stared at you for a while, her curious scrutiny enveloped you, tracing the contours of your being, looking you up and down, unable to resist the gravitational pull of curiosity before finally saying the words she had harbored within her mind for weeks that found their way to her lips.

“You stalking me or something?”

Her words possessed a rawness, unadorned and direct. You were so drunk out of your mind that laughter erupted from your depths, cascading forth like a bubbling spring. Your laugh visibly stirred something in her, her confident facade faltered, unveiling a light blush that bloomed upon her freckled skin, like a rose in bloom.

In that fleeting moment, both of you sensed it, an unspoken realization in that moment that you were both fucked.

Shaking your head as your laughter gradually subsided, you extended a hand toward her, an offering of connection.

“I’m Y/N” your voice a soft symphony that carried your essence.

The brunette, hesitant yet undeniably drawn to you accepted your hand, rough hands intertwining with yours. She gave you a small smile, a thin veil hiding all the troubles she’d eventually give you.

“I’m Ellie”

#the last of us #tlou #the last of us 2 #tlou 2 #ellie williams x reader #ellie williams #ellie x reader

[monsieurboyardee]

Modern au where lwj's washing machine breaks so he has to go to the laundromat down the street and he meets wwx, the hot guy in his class, and wwx is chatting but lwj can't hear a word he's saying bc on top of wwx's basket of clean laundry is a bright red lace thong. And wwx keeps chatting away but lwj's eyes are just. Zeroed in on this scarlet, lace thong, lying on top of a pair of basketball shorts a graphic tee. And listen, normally lwj is a decent man. If this was quite literally anybody else he would have averted his eyes and carried on with the convo until he could hurry away back to his room. But this is Wei Ying. The super hot goth jock from his chinese lit class. The guy who sidled up to lwj first day of class and said, "hey, ur stupid fuckin hot, what was the reading for today?" Lwj is kinda obsessed with him. He might be kind of obsessed with this red lace thong too.

After wwx finishes collecting his laundry, he says his goodbyes and heads out. Lwj sits in the laundromat and puts his head in his hands.

Wwx gets back to his shitty apartment and immediately sees the thong lying smack dab on top of his laundry basket.

Come ten minutes later, he's still rolling around on the floor screaming with embarrassment.

#mdzs #mo dao zu shi #wei wuxian #wei ying #lan wangji #lan zhan #wangxian #modern au #copy pasted this from my twit #ace’s archives

[summercreolefanfictioner]

Can i request some modern college au Kanato fluff headcanons if that's possible?? ^^

hohoho I've been planning to answer this a bit later but it's kanato's birthday so might as well 😉 oh btw I don't think fluff headcanons would cut it so might as well add a whole lot of things for his modern college au version

ps. you can view kanato's modern college au romance scenario here (yes the s/o will be fem reader based on this scenario)

warning: a bit of nsfw

kanato sakamaki: modern college au headcanons

modern boy living in an art of dolls, life, murder series, and desserts

kanato is actually taking up forensic mortuary science (basically everything about embalming funeral and reason behind death sht) bcos even in an au where he lives and breathes as a human, he still has his fascination with death and such so might as well throw them all out in this kind of course

he actually thought of dermatology or being a surgeon at some point bcos he'll get a license to cut somebody open but yeah his average grades won't let him make it

besides he can work in crime scenes and hunt criminals like in those murder crime documentaries he binge watches 24/7

while kanato enjoys studying under this course, he actually has average-ish grades just bcos karl annoys the sht out of him and he only does well in practical exams (so yeah if you give him a test paper, he'll most likely get a C or D; at least it's not an F)

he also takes up like two business classes on the side bcos karl demanded all his sons know something abt business management (ya know in case ayato decided to rebel against him and not become the heir)

he only had like 3 or 4 ex-girlfriends and they're either studying philosophy or english studies; and fun fact: these girls study in the same building as him

another fact: yui was shocked bcos she has no idea she's been in the same class with all kanato's ex-gfs all along 😭😭😭

but he had one ex who goes to the same class as laito's

you might think he'll date someone from his own class but actually, the forensic mortuary science course only has one class and there's only like 10 to 15 students (most of them being male); and since this purple gremlin right here is so introverted, he will never date someone who's obviously from the same circle 'cause he will always pick someone who won't draw that much attention

sounds like his modern college au scenario tbh (link above)

the triplets are all famous in the ryoutei university for being the it boys??? since ayato is the cute varsity player (I based this on the fact that Japanese fandom said he's babyface), laito was the casanova, and kanato was the "cutie goth kid"

ofc all the triplets are models, especially laito and ayato. but kanato was the only hand model out of them like yeah sure they've used his face and all for gothic photoshoots but what caught their eyes is his hands so yeah he's been careful not to get them injured or anything

another thing: boy wasn't allowed to carry teddy around school (bcos karl)

he actually tried smoking once bcos he saw laito and subaru doing it, only for him to cringe at the taste. laito mockingly laughed at him with kanato saluting him with a middle finger

his room is actually a purple harajuku pastel paradise like everything's lit with purple LED lights and filled with stuffed toys. also has his own mini fridge for his snacks and other things. his room is basically his own man cave.

his fashion sense is a mix of modern punk rock with a bit of goth. he also wears piercings for fun (but not too often). you can refer to his official super best art for more details

he wears piercings bcos of brotherly pressure (like once upon a time ayato and laito thought kanato must get piercings like then and they ended up injuring his ear)

now onto the fluff hcs that the anon asked

kanato as a boyfriend in the modern college au has no yandere tendencies so yeah we should be grateful

however, purple gremlin's so filled with jealousy and sassiness you'll think you're dating a brat

but he's not like caging his s/o or anything or demanding them to text him every second; he just doesn't like her being so friendly with other people

like too friendly with people (given by his own introverted tendencies)

would always ask his s/o to hang out with him after school like netflix and chill or chilling in the park laying on the grass and admiring the flowers

would even go to a stuffed toy shop with her or invite her for dinner at a desserts cafe

he's so good at resin and everything jewelry so he has prob given his s/o a lot of handmade jewelry pieces (even thought of opening his own online jewelry store)

even willing to use his own car just so he could drive his s/o around (he doesn't use his own car bcos why would he when they have their own family limo and sometimes ayato drives him and laito back home)

fun fact: his s/o studies culinary major in pastry??? and a few hotel restaurant management courses. also part times in the school cafe to learn a thing or two abt managing a restaurant

if you have read the scenario, you're prob aware that he met his s/o through ayato

kanato isn't a big fan of pda or something since he keeps everything lowkey so he doesn't kiss his s/o in public or do grand things, but he can deal with holding hands or intertwining pinkies

he doesn't also like those things such as going social media official like those celebs cause he thinks it's unnecessary

but if someone spots him and his s/o somewhere and asks them if they're dating, he'll just say yes and not elaborate anything

fun fact: after the ending of his romance scenario, he casually announced his relationship with his s/o to yui and his bros like nothing happened (like no preamble, he just dropped the bomb)

although kanato works with a lot of formaldehyde and other chemicals in his course, he actually keeps himself clean like he makes sure to change his clothes and spray on his sweet perfume so his s/o won't sniff chemicals that could harm her health

when it comes to arguments, kanato might look like a tough nut, but he's nothing but a soft cookie

he would say he doesn't care but he is sobbing as fvck and dying on the inside

he's like "how dare she? why won't she just make it up to me?!"

so yeah he ends up yielding bcos he has "spared her mercy"

now, with his nsfw headcanons hahahahahahaha

so here's the thing, his s/o actually passed out after their first sex so that counts as something

he's actually so good at foreplay tho, examining everything he could do to his s/o and how she'll get off with just his fingers 👀

likes leaving hickeys in places no one would see

would also gaze at his s/o from afar like he's already undressing her with his eyes all predatory and with a smirk that says, "see ya later"

ofc he practices utmost aftercare, like leaving his s/o clothes arranged on the nearby couch with a cart full of desserts and a few drinks on the side so his s/o could feel how much he loves her

would also cuddle with her all night long (that is if she doesn't have curfew)

he experiments with bdsm and roleplaying every now and then bcos he digs sht like that but he doesn't go knifing his s/o like he does in canon cause hello modern college au

but yeah he would shower her with kisses like for him this is a mandatory

and yes, he's one secret horny guy 👀

#diahell #diabolik lovers #diabolik lovers headcanons #kanato sakamaki #diabolik lovers oc #maya sakamaki #dl oc #laito sakamaki #ayato sakamaki #diabolik oc #subaru sakamaki #diabolik lovers fandom #diabolik lovers kanato #sakamaki kanato #kanato sakamaki x reader #kanato sakamaki headcanons #modern college au

[gabriel-shutterson]

do you have any griffin hcs? if so I reallyyyy want to hear them :3

YES I DO!

Griffin:

~Has both IED (intermittent explosive disorder) and BPD, which is why he gets so angry throughout the book

~Can speak Latin :)

~Likes to pretend he graduated college, despite the fact he very much didn’t

~Has a thing for people stupider than him, because he has a superiority complex (Kemp is a little dumb, and y’all know I ship chiffin)

Here are some more modern ones:

~LOVES LOVES LOVES cats, owns multiple. He names them after dictators; ie Meow Zedong, Apawf Kitler, Bennito Mewsolini, etc

~I think, if he were to not become invisible, he’d have a ton of tattoos.

~Fucking loves Eminem

I also have this running joke that he and Elizabeth Lavenza dated in my goth lit crossover au, before she came out.

#nonlaconic rambles #gothic lit #the invisible man #griffin (the invisible man) #griffin my beloved

[aliens-took-my-iwa-chan]

Rate this bitch /j

In my more modern AUs, where Clervalstein +Other goth lit characters live in the same area of England, they all speak English, yeah?

I’ve decided that, in their more romantic moments, Clervalstein reverts back to their native French. It feels more natural for them, more intimate.

OH MY GODDDDD THATS SO GOOD THATS SO PERFECT IM-

1000000000/10 I AM NOW DYING OF FEELS

[klqrambles]

Could you perhaps tell me the basic rundown of your au 👀

It seems interesting but I have no idea where to start with it

You didn’t specify an au (which makes it a bit hard since I have like 10 different ones with various levels of thought put into them) but I’m gonna go out on a limb and say you’re talking about Housemates. If not, I can always explain the others too LMAO

Housemates is essentially my main goth lit musical crossover au inspired by a fic called The Y Files (I love this fic and basically wanted to do something similar but with a slightly different cast who have slightly different characterizations)

Everyone in that AU is immortal and survived the endings of their stories to live on until some unspecified modern time. Now they’ve come together because V unwillingly had his castle put out for rent and these were the people who applied. None of them particularly like each other (other than Todd and Dorian) but they learn to get used to one another’s presences and learn to become friends, or at least tolerable housemates.

This au pretty much started as a “hey wouldn’t it be funny if they roomed together” thought experiment with an irl of mine but then I began to pursue it with the thought of “but all of them are dramatic and tragic and shit at talking about their feelings” and once I add my normal helping of angst I get very attached lol

#klq answers

[ao3feed-eremin]

Highschool is a pain (but so is dying)

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/drjbwtL

by rizuuxt

Mikasa and Armin looked over towards Eren, worry shown in their eyes. They looked exactly like his Mikasa and Armin but different at the same time, for starters they looked younger. Mikasa's hair was longer and was put up in two little ponytails. Her clothes were different to say the least, she was in a black lace dress with black stockings and boots, nothing like what the Mikasa he knew would wear. Armin's hair was longer just like in the year 845, but more messier and fluffier, he had glasses on that slowly fell from his face. He looked tired like he hadn't slept in days. Mikasa's makeup he presumed was messy, her mascara smeared all over her face. Most likely due to exhaustion. Had they been waiting for him to wake up this entire time?

"Eren." Mikasa's eyes lit up, tears threatening to fall from her face, "You're awake."

OR; Eren is given a second chance at having a happy life and basically wakes up as Eren from the highschool AU and he is determined to not fuck up this life and make amends with people he’s hurt even if they don’t know what he’s done

Words: 7232, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M, Multi

Characters: Eren Yeager, Mikasa Ackerman, Armin Arlert, Ymir of the 104th (Shingeki no Kyojin), Krista Lenz | Historia Reiss, Jean Kirstein, Marco Bott, Sasha Blouse, Connie Springer, Reiner Braun, Bertolt Hoover, Annie Leonhart, Hitch Dreyse, Marlo Sand | Marlowe Freudenberg, Erwin Smith, Levi Ackerman, Hange Zoë, Moblit Berner, Zeke Yeager, Floch Forster

Relationships: Marco Bott/Jean Kirstein, Krista Lenz | Historia Reiss/Ymir of the 104th, Reiner Braun/Bertolt Hoover, Armin Arlert/Eren Yeager, Mikasa Ackerman/Eren Yeager, Background Levi Ackerman/Erwin Smith - Relationship, Background Moblit Berner/Hange Zoe

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - High School, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Fix-It, Slice of Life, Fluff, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Slow Burn, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Teenage Drama, Jean Kirstein is in Denial, I can't decide between eremika or ermin so we'll have to see how the story goes, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Cheerleader Krista Lenz | Historia Reiss, Goth Mikasa Ackerman, Nerd Armin Arlert, Reiner Braun Has Issues, Jock Reiner Braun, Bertolt Hoover's Name Spelled as Bertholdt Hoover, Eren Yeager is Bad at Feelings, No Smut, Minor Levi Ackerman/Erwin Smith, Bad Flirting, Hijinks & Shenanigans, Eren Yeager Has Panic Attacks, Dirty Jokes, Good Sibling Zeke Yeager, No Plot/Plotless

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/drjbwtL

#eremin #ao3feed #fanfic #eren jaeger x armin arlert #armin arlert x eren jaeger

[pestidunce]

9 for Griffin, Jekyll, and Lucy.

9. What would happen if the biggest secrets of these characters were revealed?

Lucy: Ms. Hart's biggest secret is that she masks her true identity in favor of a more glamorous persona for the stage. Lucy's true name is Lucy Westenra and she comes from a family that once was quite wealthy, yet due to the death of her father and her mother's illness she was forced to leave her home and work, rather than marry rich as she was not ready for marriage. If this secret was revealed, Lucy would be deeply embarrassed, perhaps slightly sad about not being able to share her true identity with Hyde, her lover at the time, or friends. Yet, she would eventually give in and ask for help, becoming more honest about her situation and getting the support that she required.

Griffin: Jack Griffin, chemist and librarian always has the same, simple, sometimes cold smile on his face. It never cracks. His biggest secret is how he truly is. Griffin grows tired of this perfectly sane, pleasant and always happy persona, this "nice guy" who never even gets to enjoy the fine things in life, as someone else is always there first to steal them from him. If this facade broke down, he would truly have nothing to lose, driving him to desperate means. Griffin would either go absolutely unhinged with a desire for revenge and reveal his much meaner hidden intentions, or he would simple disappear, forever away from the ones he was once close to.

Jekyll: Jekyll's secret....ah yes. This mystery bothers the mind of the good doctor day and night. He worries of it being revealed. If it were to come out, he would lose his reputation, his job perhaps and even this title of being effortlessly "good"- because he isn't, yet he truly wishes he could be. Either way, his Hippocratic oath wouldn't survive it.

(Ask game linked)

#pestidunce #pest de la pest #pest's asks 🔮 #character ask game #whts griffin #whts lucy #whts jekyll #jekyll and hyde #the invisible man #lucy hart #lucy westenra #Dracula #dracula lucy #henry jekyll #jack griffin #griffin #what's happened to soho #modern goth. lit au #literature au #classical literature au #gothic literature au #modern gothic literature au #modern au #anon ask

[echosong971]

he just :/

#smol science mans #chibi boi #he do be brooding lol #victor frankenstein #au #frankenstein #gothic literature #the modern prometheus #frankenstein the modern prometheus #the handbook of god #frankenstein the handbook of god #art #digital art #gothic lit art #mad scientist #scifi #science fiction #goth lit #echosong971 #sketch #chibi #classic literature

[laddm]

Our pressious little Boy is here! Behold William Frankenstein! Little sunshine of Frankenstein family and now a proud little uncle for Adam!

#my art #fanart #gothic literature #au #goth lit #frankenstein #frankenstein or the modern prometheus #william frankenstein

[burntmccracken]

"As the World Falls Down"

Ship: Jekyllstein/Jekstein

Time period: Modern

Fandom: Gothic Literature

Basic concept: Ex's meet again at a masquerade ball

POV: Third Person

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Henry rocked back and forth gently in his chair, being warmed by the fireplace. He used the dimly lit room for thinking, primarily.

Henry had recently gone through a split with his -now ex- boyfriend, Victor. He liked Victor, truly, but he hated his promiscuous habits. He didn't mind that Victor wanted multiple partners on the sexual level, he just didn't like that Victor would lie about such things. The Doctor was never too keen on sexual interactions himself, and as he got older he found himself less and less interested.

He sighed and stood from his seat before leaving the room. Henry walked down the stairs swiftly, catching sight of a pile of mail on a side table near the front door. One of his eyebrows raised in curiosity as he walked closer.

"Junk, junk... Also junk" Henry mumbled as he sifted through.

"Hey you dropped one on the floor, mate" Edward (whom lived inside Henry's head) stated.

Henry looked at the ground and bent down to pick the dropped envelope up. It was small and a faint pink color, with a gold colored wax seal.

"Interesting..." Henry muttered, starting to open it. He looked over the paper on the inside. A masquerade ball? He thought, I haven't been to one of those in a long time... Perhaps I shall go!

--{The day of the event}--

The Doctor dug through his closet, mentally cursing himself for not picking out an outfit sooner. He settled on a black button up, paired with a black suit jacket that had gold embroidery decorating the fabric. Whilst in the closet, he also grabbed his Venetian masquerade mask. The mask was half gold and half black, the gold side spreading slightly into the black side and swirling around. Henry got dressed and pushed his hair back, holding it there with a little bit of hair gel.

"You look... Okay," Edward teased.

Henry rolled his eyes and started walking out of the door. "You look... Transparent."

"I'm in your head, I don't look like anything."

"Exactly." Henry started driving to the address on the invitation, mostly in silence, except for Edward's snarky quips of course.

--{•}--

Henry parked -with minimal difficulty- and went straight inside. He had arrived a bit late, so it was a bit crowded but he didn't mind.

Henry found his way into the ballroom and gently pushed past people until he reached the middle of the room. Before he had grabbed a glass of champagne, and he stood sipping it slowly as waited (hoped, really) for someone to ask for a dance.

Before too long, someone had run face first into Henry. He looked down and noted that they were quite short. They looked up at him, "I-i'm sorry for bumping into you-" they stuttered.

Henry laughed softly, "it's quite alright. Care to dance- sir?"

He nodded. "Yes, sir. And yes I would like to be called sir," he laughed gently.

Henry smiled and took the man's hand in his own, the other hand resting on his hip.

The small man looked up at Henry and smiled, his eyes shining blue through his masquerade mask.

They danced for the majority of the night, only departing for quick bathroom trips or to grab drinks. By the end of it all the smaller man was resting his head against Henry's chest. The Doctor had his hands resting on the man's hips as he swayed back and forth slightly.

The small man looked up at Henry, "will you take me home, please?"

Henry smiled and tucked some of the man's hair behind his ear, "of course, darling."

The man smiled and took Henry's hand in his own, leading him out of the building.

The man had pulled Henry along before he could get to his car, but be wasn't concerned. He just followed the man, knowing he could get his car the next day.

--{hints of nsfw warning}--

Henry was assuming he would be dropping the small man off at his home, but was more than surprised to find himself hovering over top of him. He reached for the ties on the back of the man's mask and asked for permission.

He nodded and lifted his head up slightly as Henry untied the mask, pulling it off gently. The doctor gasped at the sight of Victor. He blushed and furrowed his eyebrows, pulling away from Victor.

Victor sat up and frowned. "Sir?"

Henry turned and looked at him as Victor reached behind his head to pull away his mask. He gasped as his cheeks turned red. Henry also blushed and looked down. He couldn't believe it; he had such a good time with Victor.

Victor pondered for a moment. He gripped Henry's arm and pulled him back down onto the bed, and cupped his cheeks. "Ich liebe dich immer noch, Henry," Victor whispered in his native tongue.

Henry whispered in reply, "I love you too, Victor."

--{End}--

Time: 2 hours and 30 minutes (exact, which I find odd)

Notes:

-I didn't do a grammar check because I do not care 🙏

-they are both adults!

-these are my interpretations of the characters and do not represent their canonical characterization

-I have no idea where Henry's champagne glass went, it is forever lost

-to my knowledge this is an original idea!

-the title is a reference to this song

-"ich liebe dich immer noch henry" translates to "I still love you, Henry" ((according to Google Translate))

--{Some reference images}--

Henry's mask (replace the white with black) and suit jacket

Victor's mask and suit

The envelope

Victor and Henry (art by @c0rpseparts )

#jekyllstein #jekstein #henry jekyll #victor frankenstein #writing #masquerade ball #modern au #goth lit #the otp #fanfic

[hypo-critic-al]

Frankenstein/gothic literature modern au thingy I daydream about.

We got Adam with his creator on his shoulders, he has probably fallen asleep while in his lab and he is now taking him to bed (or Vic just got drunk and Creature is taking him home).

And on the bottom pics my made-up characters can be seen. For now I call them Nathanael, Magpie and Merrival. Those are just random names, if I will plan on making more from this au then I will give them proper names. Also, I see that my anatomy skills aren’t the best and excuse the flat colours as well.

I have found my older fanart on my mobile, so in next days I think I’ll post some of it here! I will search for a better pics and I hope that something will be worth posting.

That’s all, see you ;)

#frankenstein #frankenstein au #goth lit #frankenstein or the modern prometheus #victor frankenstein #modern au #gothic literature #gothic lit #the modern prometheus #frankenstein fanart #adam frankenstein #its just an au of mad scientists living today and being teachers at school where children with special abilities and excellent knowledge go #bunch of gothic characters living in 21st century #very dumb but i just like to make up stories in my head