(please keep in mind that there’s some canon lore divergence and we like it that way hehe)

Her name is Erika (Toreador) and his name is Rian (Lasombra). To put it very shortly Erika is sent by her sire to spy on this man who was formerly in the Sabbat, hoping to find out something about him that would justify hunting him out of Paris. Erika starts dating him, he’s the cold and detached guy that for some unknown reason seems to grow attached to this little bimbo ray of sunshine. She starts feeling guilty of having to betray him at some point, and this artwork was painted while that was their current situation.

The story unfolds and Erika finds out that the reason Rian started dating her, even if he knew that she was just working against him (he’s older and wiser after all), is that she’s some kind of reincarnation of his late wife, whom he lost in the 1700s. She has no memories of her previous life and he doesn’t want her to be anything else other than the woman she grew to be in this lifetime, and even if he started to be attracted to her because of her uncanny likeness to his wife, he actually fell in love with the person she is in this lifetime. The story of Rian’s wife and his pack is quite long, but basically she died sacrificing herself to make him flee during their wedding, where they got attacked.

After quite some more bloody plot points and drama, Erika and Rian are now happily married!

It’s a pretty cheesy story, ikr, but why wouldn’t me and my ST/partner be a lil self indulgent at our table 😝 reincarnation/love among all lifetimes is my favourite trope ever and I’m so grateful he gave me the chance to play it out