Miranda wallowed in despair for decades before setting her sights on the new Lady of the castle. Together, she hopes they can find a suitable vessel for her beloved daughter. Alcina backstory, dark and depressing

Tom Riddle Sr. fights Merope's control, hoping to gain his freedom before she realizes.

Cadmus Peverell uses the Resurrection Stone to raise his beloved. She never quite feels like she belongs, and takes fate into her own hands.

In the aftermath of spending the night with Spike, Buffy reflects on their encounter and how she got to this point. warnings: mental health and unhealthy intimacy

Cat and Mouse: contrived action involving constant pursuit, near captures, and repeated escapes. The "cat" is unable to secure a definitive victory over the "mouse", who, despite not being able to defeat the cat, is able to avoid capture. In extreme cases, the idiom may imply that the contest is never-ending

Jill struggles to come to terms with the darkness that was unleashed inside of her. Post RE-5, dark

Sirius Black's dark days in Azkaban bleed together, until one fateful day when the Minister stops by.

Before he became Mr. X, he was an ordinary human that fell into extraordinary circumstances.

To combat the failures of the Neptune Project, Umbrella offers a marine biologist the opportunity of a lifetime. She accepts the challenge, eager for a fresh start. But not all is as it appears on the surface in the Arklay labs. She'll have to dive deeper into the mysteries surrounding the Umbrella Corporation and a certain S.T.A.R.S. captain if she hopes to survive.

In a magical world where war can erupt at any moment, and the line between alliances and enemies is thin, can Lily Evans make these stolen moments last long enough to survive the challenges she must face?