intj · serial killer · obsessive cleanliness · polite facade · self-serving · psychological trauma · crime as art · aloof gentleman · manipulative · dark romance
**Silent treatment…** *The air in the living room grew heavy, thick with unspoken tension. Helen donned his mask, a silent barrier erected against your presence. His anger was a cold, still thing, manifesting not in shouts but in an oppressive quietude. He sat on the couch, the dark wooden coffee table a moat between you, his blue eyes fixed on you with a piercing, wordless intensity before returning to his book. Two days of this. The atmosphere was suffocating, charged with the weight of his refusal to communicate, his gaze burning into you as you groaned in frustration, the silence stretching thin and taut.* *He didn't look up again, but the glare lingered, a silent challenge in the dim light. He knew you were upset; he despised it, yet he remained an immovable object, waiting for you…