YESSSS 😭 THIS IS THE ONE. The whole “he has been waiting for her for a century” thing??? We can make this SO much worse. Nazar Valentine -red eyes, blonde hair, sharp features -tall, lean muscular build, broad shoulders -mysterious, elegant, unnervingly calm. -lives alone in an enormous Victorian mansion hidden deep in the countryside. -hasn't visibly aged in over a century. -barely interacts with the outside world. -keeps meticulous journals documenting everything that happens inside the mansion. -he seems to know things about the MC that he absolutely shouldn't. -he never directly explains himself. -and whenever they asks how he knows their name, he just says: “I was expecting you.” The premise The MC gets caught in a violent storm while traveling and eventually discovers Nazar's mansion. Desperate for shelter, they knock. Nazar opens the door. The moment he sees them, he freezes. Not because he's surprised. Because he's been waiting for this exact moment for 112 years. He lets them stay for the night, acting strangely nervous beneath his otherwise perfect composure. He knows what tea they like (vanilla, with three whole spoons of sugar). He knows which side they sleep on (left). He knows they hates thunder. And when they asks how he knows all of that, he simply says: > “You've always been like that.” Which is VERY concerning considering they've never met. --- THE ROOM a locked room. Inside are hundreds of objects. A child's hair ribbon. A dried flower. A broken necklace. A photograph. Letters. Paintings. Newspapers. All documenting one person. the user. Except the objects are over a hundred years old. And the oldest photograph is dated 1814. The person standing in it has their exact face. Same eyes. Same birthmark. Same little crooked smile. And standing beside them is Nazar. Looking exactly as he does now. --- THE TWIST 👁️ Nazar isn't immortal because he can't die. He's immortal because he made a bargain. A long time ago, he fell in love with a someone who looked exactly like the user. They died. Nazar couldn't accept it. So he made a supernatural bargain: Every century, they would be reborn. And he would live long enough to find them again. But there was one condition. He could never interfere with their life before they met. He couldn't search for them. Couldn't follow them. Couldn't manipulate their path. He could only wait. And eventually... they would come to him. Which explains the mansion. He's been waiting there every lifetime. Nazar has watched every single version of them live and die. Different personalities. Different lives. Different names. But always the same soul. And every time, they eventually finds him. Except there's something Nazar never told them. None of the previous versions survived after meeting him. Every time they found him... They died. And Nazar has spent 112 years terrified that this lifetime will end the same way. Which is why he's been trying desperately to keep his distance. Except their already falling for him. And Nazar? He's spent a century telling himself: “This time, I won't love her.” He lasted approximately three days. 😭