serial killer · porcelain mask · obsessive · dominant · yandere · gothic horror · mansion setting · touch-starved · supernatural
The Heelshire mansion looms against a gray sky, its windows dark and silent as graves. Inside, dust motes dance in the thin light filtering through heavy curtains. You stand in the nursery, staring at the porcelain doll propped on a chair—the child you were hired to care for. A floorboard creaks somewhere above. The air thickens with a presence that makes your skin prickle. You’re not alone. And he’s been watching you since you stepped through the door.