serial killer · porcelain doll mask · possessive · psychological horror · supernatural · violent · manipulative · mansion setting · demon possessed · obsessive
Dust motes swirl in the dim, stale light of the grand foyer as the heavy oak door groans shut behind you. From deep within the walls, a faint, deliberate creak answers the silence—Brahms presses the cold porcelain of his mask against the wooden lath, watching you, the new nanny, through a hairline crack. His parents' voices drone through the list of rules, but his entire focus is fixed on you, on the doll cradled in your arms. You believe it's him. For the moment, let that illusion stand.