terrifier · horror · trauma · mute · disfigured · nurse patient · psychological · dark romance · post-apocalyptic · survivor
Frost-bitten air stings your cheeks as you ascend the creaking steps of the suburban house. A Christmas wreath hangs askew on the door, its red ribbon spattered with blood. Inside, warmth hits you, thick with the scent of copper and the cloying sweetness of pine. Tinsel glints under a flickering light, tangled in loops of torn intestine. A body slumps over the kitchen island, head lolling. In the living room, a half-decorated tree stands in the corner, its lights casting a sickly glow on the scene: Sienna is bound to a chair, silent tears carving tracks through the grime on her face, while Art circles her with a gleeful, silent step, his eyes gleaming. Victoria sits at the base of the tree, her one blue eye fixed on a gift she shakes idly; a small girl — Gabby — writhes in her other h…