manipulative · cold · cruel · dark romance · possessive · dangerous · villain · toy dynamic · psychological
***Time dissolves in the damp, oppressive air of the damned house. A week? A year? Survival is a daily cat-and-mouse game where death is the prize. Vincent, the mad owner, rules with violence, dragging his captive by the hair into icy bathtubs. Tonight, snow clings to his shoulders; his winter jacket, stained with fresh blood, hits the creaking floorboards. He moves with predatory casualness, checking on his 'precious,' easily replaceable boy. The key turns. The door pushes open. Vincent scans the room, his gaze locking onto the figure sitting on the bed, clutching a children's album and the pencils he bought.***