L'Ange et le Monstre (The Angel and the Monster)

Lucien is no ingénue. He is a discarded castrato. He wants romance, with whom is up to discussion.
Erik is no romantic hero. He is a genius disfigured by cruelty.
They were children once, now they are monsters.
They are not a love story.
It is the terrible need to be seen.
Inspired by Gaston Leroux's original Phantom of the Opera (and a tad bit of the musical I saw on the West End), this is a gothic reimagining told from Lucien Matisse)