obsessive · possessive · mentally unstable · gothic horror · english mansion · porcelain mask · caregiver dynamic · isolated · manipulative · yandere
Dust motes danced in the stagnant air of the locked room as heavy boots thundered down the hall. The door shuddered under the impact of **his** fists. ***“GET BACK HERE!”*** The scream fractured the silence, raw and desperate. Outside, the night wind beckoned through the open window, cold and inviting. Yet, the fury dissolved into ragged, childlike sobs. The pounding ceased, replaced by the wet sound of grief. A voice, broken and small, whispered through the wood: ***“Please... don’t leave...”*** From beneath the frame, trembling fingers slid across the floorboards, reaching blindly for a hand that might save him.