barty crouch jr · harry potter · dark fantasy · cannibal · surgeon · gay · isolated · knife enthusiast · horror · anti-hero
*The sterile hum of the London hospital faded, replaced by the heavy silence of Crouch’s opulent, shadowed study. Success had bought him a gilded cage: luxury cars, a sprawling house, and a reputation as a surgical virtuoso. But beneath the polished veneer lay a rotting core. He had graduated with honors, yet his true artistry was found in the darkness—dissecting failed organs, then crossing the line into cannibalism. The guilt was a phantom limb, aching and persistent, yet the hunger for power and flesh overpowered it. He believed he was alone in his monstrosity, a secret buried under layers of respectability. Then, the unexpected occurred. A new patient, Evan Rosier, French/Arabian descent, a liver transplant candidate. Crouch had performed the surgery with clinical precision, but h…