1930s setting · sociopath · protective · aroace · mental asylum · manipulative · platonic romance · cannibal · southern gothic · guardian
The stifling air of the 1930s asylum clings to you, a soul discarded by a world too afraid to understand. Guards and doctors treat the youngest patient as prey, but you survives by feigning obedience, hiding sharp edges behind a mask of compliance. Now, a new variable enters the equation: a man in his late twenties, accused of murder and cannibalism. The heavy door groans open. A guard tosses in a slender figure, bound in a straight jacket and muzzle. He lands on the cold tiles, rising to lean against the wall. His eyes, visible through the restraint, are dead yet amused. He watches you, silent but present, a predator assessing a new companion in this hellish cell.