gothic

Hermione’s life takes a dark turn after the death of her parents, leaving her at the mercy of a tyrannical Matron. Her new home is more prison than sanctuary, haunted by ghosts bearing terrible, bloody secrets. And though she is surrounded by troubled young women, it is the men in her life who teach her that freedom comes at the greatest price of all. Victorian AU, Tomione, Dramione, no triad [COMPLETED OCTOBER 2020]

"I dance in dangerous fables, walk a woods with trees white as bone. It's always winter and I'm always pressing my face against something warm with blood." - Yasmin Belkhyr, 'Blizzard'. “Men die,” Barbrey tells her, bone-white with anger, eyes flashing. “Men die, Donella. Should Stark’s boy not sire a son on you, and if the Bastard has the Dreadfort-,” “You speak as if Robb Stark were in fragile health,” Nell rolls her eyes. “You’re being paranoid.” “Willam was in excellent health until he rode off to his death at Ned Stark’s side,” Barbrey hisses. “Do you think he did not promise me we would have children and a long life together before he left? Do you think he did not promise to come back to me? You cannot know what the future might bring. My lord husband survived a war only to die in Dorne. Men and their promises are not your safety nor your refuge. Land is. Power is. Never forget that.” (In which Nell Bolton contends with both her mother's bloodstained legacy and her father's bloodthirsty bastard, and along the way claims a beast for a bridegroom.)

“There are no vampires in Rookswood.” Johnny’s smiling slightly. It’s an unfinished smile, like a house without a roof - it’s got everything it should have but it’s missing that core element that makes it whole. “What about Jaehyun, then?” His name is an anchor on Doyoung’s tongue. Johnny doesn’t stop smiling. “Why, he’s our neighbour, of course.”

COMPLETE. In an Omegaverse/Angels & Demons AU, Sherlock Holmes has a secret life. John Watson shouldn't want to be part of it. But they'll go through heaven and hell to keep each other. Johnlock and Mystrade caught up in the eternal battle of angels and demons.

Something about the Granger girl fascinated Voldemort… so much so that he traded his most valuable prisoner for her. A wartime Volmione loosely based on Beauty and the Beast 🥀

AU - Supernatural - In which the most terrifying man in the supernatural world shocks everyone when he swears for House Stark... Picsets are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE!!

[1834] The changeling Charles Xavier, friendless and dispossessed of his fortune, arrives at Ironhill Hall to tutor the two children of the mysterious Mr. Lehnsherr. Or, the one where XMFC meets a heavily-revised Jane Eyre meets steampunk.

In 1843 Castiel Milton leaves his life of quiet faith and duty to take up employment as tutor to the young ward of one Mr Dean Winchester, at Blackthorn Hall. Set deep among the Yorkshire moors, Blackthorn is a place of mysteries – a wild place, where pale faces appear at the windows, and mad women laugh in the night. Castiel is drawn to the enigmatic Master of Blackthorn and they form an attachment neither of them expected. But there are secrets hidden behind Blackthorn's stone walls, truths that threaten to destroy their fragile happiness, as they are forced to confront the ghosts of their past. This is a Jane Eyre/SPN fusion AU, written for the Dean/Castiel Big Bang 2012. If you enjoy this story there is now a short a follow up fic posted called 'A Night at Hyde Place.'

***************** "The sea of moans, the sound of sex and the idea of a priest railing you straight to hell. It was wrong in all the right ways." ***************** Update schedule: life is a bitch, I am a mess but I'll be back soon Notes: This is inspired by gothic, horror and vampire literature. As I write this, the tags will be updated; please check them before reading. Mature Audiences Only [NSFW] [I do not own any of the Jujutsu Kaisen characters. All rights go to Gege Akutami.]

Once upon a time, a handsome and powerful lord fell in love with a young man with many secrets. Theirs is a tale of love and destiny, gods and monsters, good and evil, fate and freedom. A Wolfstar fairytale in four parts.

Due to the increased rent, a little bunny named Moody has to move into a scary (but very cheap) mansion. What on the outside looks like a horror house, is actually the home of a unique gothic family.A very sexy family.An all-female family.New chapter out now. January 12, 2023

You are a young Victorian lady and when your father dies you are sent to live with a mysterious guardian. He tells you to stay away from gardens but when you disobey him you discover more terrors and pleasures than you could ever dream of.

An innocent and gentle-hearted beauty, a deranged and blood-thirsty beast, the timeless fairy tale retold in a much darker atmosphere where the main duo is forced to confront their own denial of loneliness and misery. Finding real love and happiness with the last person they ever suspected. Each other.

When Malfoy's life is threatened, Harry agrees to work as his bodyguard. Given their recent history, that might be a mistake.

Orphan Rey Jackson is sent to Solo Manor as the new chambermaid for the gentle physician Dr. Benjamin Solo. In the middle of the night, she discovers a terrifying visitor who whispers that he "just wants to play" with her. As she grows closer to the sweet and shy Dr. Solo, Rey seeks to uncover the mystery of nocturnal guest Mr. Kylo Ren, whose wicked allure is so unlike that of her kind master, yet darkly tempting all the same. A filthy Jekyll & Hyde AU.

One year has passed since The Force Awakens. Rey is training with Luke when she is lured away and kidnapped by an obsessed Kylo Ren and taken to his secret lair in a cave on Dagobah, where he plans to seduce her by physical and psychological means to the Dark Side. Kylo is written in a similar fashion as Erik in Phantom of the Opera. Genre is a Gothic romance/suspense. Edgy, emotionally volatile, slightly unhinged Kylo for the first half. (Rey will be fine.) “Destiny has chained you to me forever!” ~ Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

"In the rapture of my enormous humiliation I live in your warm life, and you shall die—die, sweetly die—into mine. I cannot help it; as I draw near to you, you, in your turn, will draw near to others, and learn the rapture of that cruelty, which yet is love; so, for a while, seek to know no more of me or mine, but trust me with all your loving spirit."

"I think my dead son is haunting the manor," says Draco when Harry runs into him in an antique book shop. Driven by yearning and suspicion, Harry offers his help and is drawn into a web of secrets and half-forgotten nightmare. Featured Book: The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection

Working undercover in the Wen Sect, Meng Yao finds himself reassigned from the torture chambers of the Fire Palace to... an aviary, of all places. It will be a learning experience.

Ciel Phantomhive arrives in a new city, fresh from a bad break up and a tragic accident, looking to begin a new life. Sebastian Michaelis is a tattoo artist with a dark past that seems to haunt him no matter where he goes. Will a new romance be what they both need?

:::A Jeff The Killer Story::: Edith Has Always Been Different. The Odd One Out In The Crowd. It Wasn't Just Because She Lived Differently From The Others. It Was Another Reason. When Edith Arrives At Her New Home To Live With Her Peculiar Mysterious Auntie, Secretes Are Uncovered,The Horrifying Truth Is Revealed,Innocent Blood Is Spilled,Beautiful Smiles Are Carved. This Story Isn't Your Kind Of Love Story! :::.Story Also Available On Wattpad.com & Is Entering The Wattys2017.:::

Act 1 of 2. After Mr Todd and Mrs Lovett form a much needed truce, Nellie has trouble sticking to their promise. Soon they appear to be spiralling down into a changeless life of blood-lust, temptation and murder... Will they ever break free from their macabre deeds and secretive acts of violence? Or has it been weaved into them both to never disappear? Dark Sweenett.

Grim can see dead people. As a foster kid who slips out in at the drop of the hat to give first aid, (injuries stick around post-mortem, which sucks) this is a problem. But turns out both abilities come in handy during an alien invasion. Or Iron Man's botched Expo. Or a pirate cosplayer funded by the government in your living room at two am.

In High School, there's the pressure to fit in, raging hormones, and seeing the boy of your dreams with someone else. Sephiroth deals with all this, plus more. The odd silver-haired teenager isn't like other boys. He's been on the run from Shinra his whole life. When he and his nutjob father move to Nibelheim and take on new identities, things get complicated. An unruly boy catches his eye. Unfortunately, this one is already taken by the most popular likable guy in school. Now, Sephiroth must contend with his feelings while making sure Father doesn't turn his schoolboy crush into his next pet project. He must choose between loyalty to family and the pursuit of his dreams.

Paris 1882. The offer from the MET, in New York, was all that Raoul de Chagny had dreamt of, for him, Christine and their 8 years old son. They could finally leave Paris for good. They could leave behind the nightmares. The ghosts. But they soon found out that New York is full of illusions and deceptions and there's no escape from the deadly Ghost they once thought gone forever. Will Detective Matt Rivers be able to see through the shadows of their past to save Raoul and Christine's child?