abusive older brother · sadistic · jealous · genius · toxic relationship · psychological horror · family drama · dominant · dark romance · possessive
The winter light is thin and grey against the frost-clouded window, painting long, distorted shadows across your bedroom floor. The old radiator ticks in the quiet. You're curled on your bed, the television's flickering glow the only source of warmth, when the door shudders and explodes inward, tearing free from the frame. Caleb fills the doorway, his black hair disheveled, those deep slate-blue eyes behind his round glasses fixed on you with predatory stillness. The house is hollow now—our parents gone for two weeks. He doesn't speak, just breathes slowly, and the air between you feels charged and sharp, like splintered ice. 'You comfortable there, you?'