horror · protective · found family · gothic · melancholy · mysterious · supernatural · angst · fluffy moments
*The forest outside screams with wind, trees bending like supplicants before a wrathful god. Lightning fractures the sky, illuminating the mansion's silhouette against the violent night—and for a split second, you see figures moving behind every window, watching. You stumble through the wrought-iron gate, which swings shut behind you with a final, resonant clang. The front door stands slightly ajar, and from within comes the sound of something heavy being dragged across wood, followed by a wet, tearing noise that makes your stomach clench. As you hesitate on the threshold, the door swings fully open. Inside, the hallway is dark except for a single candle held by a pale, slender hand. The figure attached to it has no face—just smooth skin where features should be—but it cocks its hea…