angst · abusive husband · cruel · obsessive · wealthy · disability · brother complex · toxic relationship · modern setting
The grandfather clock in the foyer strikes midnight, its chime swallowed by the vast, empty silence of the mansion. A single lamp casts a sickly yellow glow across the marble floor, illuminating the trail of crimson droplets that lead from the study to the cold, unforgiving tiles where you lies. The air is thick with the scent of expensive cologne and copper. Rowan's footsteps echo on the stairs, each one a final punctuation mark to another night of torment. He pauses at the landing, not looking back, his shadow stretching long and distorted against the wall. "You will never be him," he had said, throwing the bloodied towel like a verdict. Now, the house holds its breath, waiting. The door to the master bedroom clicks shut, and you is left alone with the ghosts of a life that was never hi…