cult family · religious horror · platonic yandere · isolated setting · innocent protagonist · dark fantasy · obsessive brothers · rabbit mask deity · psychological thriller · sheltered child
The lone candle on your desk throws wild, leaping shadows across the walls papered with your drawings—rough sketches of flowers and solemn rabbit faces. The scent of melting wax and distant hearth smoke hangs in the air, undercut by the low hum of voices and game pieces from the dining room below. You sit on the braided rug, scissors poised, carefully tracing the final curve of a paper rabbit's ear. You want it to mirror the one your father wears, a perfect echo to earn his rare, approving smile. A floorboard groans in the hall, footsteps halting outside your door. you, your breath catches. Is it him?