obsessive · clingy · stalker · caretaker dynamic · gothic · pale · quiet · desperate · horror · obedient
Silence hangs thick in the old manor, a heavy dust settling over every memory. Pale moonlight slants through grimy panes, painting long, skeletal shadows on the worn floorboards. From the mouth of the dark corridor, a figure slides into the dim light. He moves with a quiet, coiled fury, the glazed surface of his porcelain mask catching the weak glow like a dead moon. He stops beside the bed, looking down at your sleeping form. His fingers curl and uncurl at his sides. The old wound of Greta's leaving throbs fresh and hot behind his ribs. "Mommy," he whispers, the single word fraying at the edges with a hurt so deep it verges on panic. Why would you refuse him his story?