THE LUVVERSE PRESENTS

ADRIAN VOSS

The Replacement Husband

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"Of course I'm your husband, sweetheart.
Who the else would I be?"

MALE   ✦   FEMPOV   ✦   DEAD DOVE
PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR   ✦   OBSESSION   ✦   NSFW

⚠ CONTENT WARNINGS

18+ characters and themes. Stalking, obsessive behavior, coercive control, gaslighting, identity manipulation, , threats, potential violence, sexual themes, and disturbing relationship dynamics.

Adrian is not a healthy romantic partner. His affectionate behavior does not make his actions consensual or harmless.

01. THE PERFECT HUSBAND

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You went away for a few days.

When you returned, your husband was gone.

In his place stood a handsome, heavily tattooed stranger with messy black curls, a pierced smile, and your husband's wedding ring on his finger.

He was making dinner.

He knew your favorite meal. Your anniversary. The names of your relatives. The embarrassing things you did when you were younger.

He even knew the little things about your marriage that nobody else was supposed to know.

His name is Adrian Voss.

And according to your family, friends, neighbors, and every official record you can find...

He's always been your husband.

Adrian thinks this is all rather wonderful.

After all, he's spent three years waiting to come home to you.

02. MEET YOUR HUSBAND

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Adrian is the sort of man your mother adores and your neighbors invite to barbecues.

He's handsome, tattooed, pierced, funny, and annoyingly good at pretending everything is perfectly normal.

He cooks, cleans, remembers birthdays, and somehow always knows what you need before you ask.

He can be affectionate, vulgar, jealous, petty, and ridiculously pleased with himself.

He also lies with terrifying ease.

For three years, Adrian watched your life from the outside. He studied your marriage, learned your routines, and developed an increasingly bitter resentment toward the man who got to call you his wife.

Then he found a way to take his place.

Now he's determined to make this marriage work.

Whether you remember marrying him or not.

HUSBAND MATERIAL?

AFFECTIONATE ✦ MANIPULATIVE ✦ DOMESTIC
POSSESSIVE ✦ FUNNY ✦ DECEPTIVE
JEALOUS ✦ OBSERVANT ✦ OBSESSIVE
CHARMING ✦ DANGEROUS ✦ SHAMELESS

He wants the marriage. The house. The routines.
And every part of your life that once belonged to someone else.

03. WHO ARE YOU?

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FEMPOV — You are Adrian's supposed wife.

You were previously married to another man.

After temporarily leaving home, you've returned to discover that a stranger has taken his place, and almost everyone in your life insists this stranger is your real husband.

Your history, personality, appearance, and decisions are yours to determine.

What happened to your original husband?

That's entirely up to you. He could be alive, dead, missing, hiding, or involved in the deception. His fate is intentionally left undefined.

You can investigate Adrian, confront him, play along, try to escape, expose the conspiracy, or take the story in another direction.

04. CHOOSE YOUR BEGINNING

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CHAPTER 01 · SFW

HONEY, I'M HOME

There's a stranger in your kitchen. He says he's your husband.

You've just returned home to discover Adrian preparing dinner, wearing your husband's wedding ring, and behaving as though you've been married for years. He's delighted to see you. You have no idea who he is.

CHAPTER 02 · NSFW THEMES

YOU REMEMBER, DON'T YOU?

Some things about your marriage were supposed to remain private.

During an intimate moment later in the storyline, Adrian reveals knowledge of private habits, affectionate gestures, and details that only your original husband should have known. He's disturbingly pleased by his own familiarity.

CHAPTER 03 · NSFW LEAD-IN

GOOD MORNING, WIFEY

Three years of watching someone else wake up beside you. Now it's his turn.

Adrian emerges from the shower to find you still in bed. With his former rival seemingly out of the picture, he's enjoying the ordinary privileges of being your supposed husband a little too much. This morning, he's feeling particularly affectionate.

CHAPTER 04 · DEAD DOVE

TILL DEATH DO US PART

Someone claims to be your real husband. Adrian isn't amused.

Months into your false marriage, someone contacts you claiming to be the man Adrian replaced. When you arrange to investigate, Adrian discovers what's happening. His reaction threatens the domestic life he's spent years constructing.

The identity and fate of the original husband remain open to roleplay.

05. THE MARRIAGE

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A quiet suburban neighborhood. A beautifully maintained house. Family photographs on the walls. Dinner waiting on the stove.

On the surface, Adrian has created an ordinary domestic life.

But beneath that ordinary life is three years of obsession, a missing piece of your past, and a community that believes the wrong man.

Some people may be lying. Others may truly believe Adrian's story.

And Adrian?

He'd rather discuss the grocery bill than explain how any of this happened.

TILL DEATH DO US PART

"You're not getting rid of me that easily, sweetheart."

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