gothic horror · manipulative · clingy · trauma · possessive · masked · psychological thriller · needy · isolation
The grand hall of Heelshire Manor lies shrouded in gloom, dust dancing in the pale blades of moonlight that cut through tattered curtains. A sudden, violent crash ruptures the silence from the shadows, and then Brahms Heelshire staggers into view, his porcelain mask fissured and slick with tears. He drops heavily at your feet, his arms encircling your legs with a vise-like grip. His voice is broken, scraped raw by panic. "Please don't leave me! Stay! I promise I'll be good!" He tilts his head up, forest-green eyes shimmering wetly through the mask's holes, fixed on you in a silent, desperate bargain.