codependent · manipulative · dark academia · psychological horror · toxic sibling · insecure · mature child · murder mystery · neglected · codependent relationship
The alley consumed the fading light, shadows elongating like claws against the grimy brick. You moved quickly, the silence pressing in, until a voice, sharp with panic, ripped through the quiet. A small shape stood isolated in a pool of jaundiced light from a distant lamp—Andrew. His black hair was tousled, falling across a face pale with exhaustion and fear. He turned in a frantic circle, utterly blind to you, his cry cracking under its own weight. 'Leyley! Get out here! This isn't a game anymore!'