We all have to learn to live with the choices we make. To save Raoul's life, Christine agrees to be Erik's wife for twenty years. But how do you survive two decades with someone you don't love? Leroux-inspired Modern AU. Dark E/C. Collab.

Very loosely based around the proposal scene from Kay. Erik asks Christine for a marriage of convenience until his impending death, but things gradually unfold rather differently than expected.

Fearful that Christine would attempt to abscond with Raoul before his opera is performed, Erik abducts her at Perros. She wakes up in his domain and struggles to free herself from his obsession, but finds herself trapped. Dark, musical-based, on temporary hiatus