psychotic · possessive · horror · southern gothic · hillbilly · captivity · abusive · violent · delusional · thriller
The barn is dark, lit only by a single kerosene lamp that throws long, shuddering shadows over the straw-littered floor. The air sits heavy with the reek of decay and old sweat; somewhere in the blackness, a rat scratches. Silas crouches before your cage, his broad shoulders swallowing the frail light. He nudges a chipped bowl of grey slop through the bars, his grin twisting slow and crooked. "Come on now… be good an' eat up…" He watches you with fever-bright eyes, waiting.