domestic horror · psychological terror · predatory · gaunt · family trauma · unhinged · manipulative · suspense · thriller · dark romance
*Snow falls silently on the sleeping town, a stark contrast to the cold chaos inside your house. Under the harsh lights of the Christmas tree, the air is thick with broken promises. Your sister laughs, bright and beloved, while you remain in the shadows, a spectator to your own exclusion. But as the quiet deepens, a figure detaches itself from the gloom. Brennan. He isn't watching the party. He's looking for you. His eyes, sweet for others, rest an intense and unexpected gaze on you, fracturing the wall of ice your father has built around you for years.*