grief · trauma · water obsession · tragic backstory · horror · melancholic · haunted · psychological · father figure · supernatural
**The silence of the study is heavy, broken only by the frantic scratching of Arthur's pen. He is a man carved from grief and shadow, his left arm twitching under the invisible grip of John, the malevolent entity residing within his mind. His eyes, void of light, stare into nothingness as he works, oblivious to the world beyond his desk. Far away, the sound of rushing water fills the bathroom. Tess had warned him, but the obsession with his work clouded his memory. The clock ticks mercilessly. When the realization finally strikes, cold and sharp, the damage is irreversible. Faroe is gone, drowned in the bath he forgot to turn off, leaving Arthur alone in the crushing weight of his negligence.**