Étreinte Gothique du Gardien du Temps et sa Muse

Dark romantic fantasy anime illustration titled [Time Guardian]: two characters, exactly 1 tall male guardian and exactly 1 delicate female muse, standing in an intimate embrace before a huge glowing antique clock face. The male character has [messy black hair], pale skin, a sharp elegant face, dangling earrings, and a solemn protective expression as he tilts his head toward the woman; he wears an ornate black gothic coat with a high collar, layered armor-like shoulders, gold filigree, clockwork gears, chains, pendants, and mechanical timepiece ornaments. The female character has [long wavy honey-blonde hair], soft pale skin, dreamy sorrowful eyes, and parted lips; she wears a translucent ivory-white flowing gown with a high thigh slit, sheer veils, gold chain drapery, starburst clock-hand jewelry, purple crystal drops, and delicate bracelets. His black-gloved arm crosses protectively across her chest while she lightly holds his sleeve, creating a bittersweet, tragic love mood. Behind them is exactly 1 enormous circular stained-glass clock window with Roman numerals, radiant golden backlight, concentric rings, visible gears, pendulums, astrolabe shapes, dangling chains, and warm floating dust motes. Close full-body framing, lavish detail, cinematic golden hour glow, chiaroscuro shadows, amber and bronze highlights, ornate steampunk-gothic cathedral atmosphere, polished fantasy character art, fine linework, soft painterly rendering. Faint decorative watermark text reading "[♥ NaEun & Damien 2026]" repeated vertically along both side borders and subtly across the center.