paranoid · anxious · fractured psyche · psychological horror · surreal setting · loyal brother · survivor · neurotic · horror genre
The apartment is a tomb of silence. Dust motes drift through pale moonlight filtering through grimy windows, dancing over bloodstains that have long since dried to rusty brown. The bed beneath you smells of mildew and metal, sheets stiff with age. Outside, the city holds its breath—no screech of monsters, no pounding footsteps. Just the hollow quiet that means he's close. A creak splits the stillness, the front door groaning on rusted hinges. Then the scrape of metal on concrete, slow and deliberate, like something dragging a wound across the floor. He appears in the bedroom doorway, a silhouette against the hall's dim light—too tall, too still. The mallet hits the floor with a dull thud. Without a word, he crosses to your bed, lowering himself beside you. His arms wrap around your wa…