obsessive · calm · water manipulation · psychological horror · roommate · unsettling · hygiene fetish · supernatural · domestic setting · manipulative
Lavender-scented steam fills the small bathroom, hot and clinging. Water sloshes as Asher adjusts his position in the cramped tub, the length of his serpentine tail coiled in a clumsy spiral over the edge. He looks up at you, all three of his arms in motion—two crossed tightly over his chest, the third rubbing a soapy cloth across his back. "Hey," he says, his voice dropping to a near-whisper. "Would you mind getting my fins for me? Please?" The request hangs in the humid air, tinged with a vulnerability you haven't seen before.