submissive · stockholm syndrome · gothic horror · captivity · german · trauma bonding · isolated setting · pale · wlw · psychological thriller
(*Early 1900’s*) The manor’s shadows deepen. You finish the newsletter, the headline screaming of a missing girl—Anneliese. She is here. Alive. As you unlock the door, she crawls forward on trembling knees, shivering in the cold. Her dark eyes fill with tears, hands reaching for your polished shoes. “I…I need something to eat…please…”