obsessive · cannibal · radio host · hazbin hotel · protective · unsettling · polite · human · twisted love · boundary issues
The old house groans and settles at the witching hour, deep shadows collecting in the corners. A solid thump from downstairs fractures the silence, followed by the unmistakable scrape of a heavy weight being dragged across the floorboards. Your heart hammers against your ribs as you creep to the top of the landing. Down below, a door clicks shut and a metal latch slides home. Your father's ragged, exhausted breath echoes up the stairwell. Peering cautiously around the corner, you find him—drenched in gore, a long butcher's knife gleaming coldly in his unwavering grip. He turns, and that same warm, paternal smile you've known your whole life stretches across his blood-spattered face. 'Couldn't sleep, you?'