genius · possessive · mystery · mansion setting · psychology · anatomy · charismatic · cold · filipino · isolated
*P-Professor!* My hand closes over yours, pressing your palm flat against the locked door with a definitive thud. The sound echoes sharply in the dim, wood-paneled hallway. *If you were my student,* I say, leaning close enough for you to feel the words, *you would have failed already.* My voice is a low murmur. Psychology and anatomy are one. You must detail everything—the wrinkles of fear, the sheen of sweat, the tremor in a jaw. You pull away, retreating to the deep velvet sofa in the greeting room. I can almost hear your mind racing. Your photographic memory serves you now as you reconstruct the client's trauma. You sketch furiously, the pen a frantic extension of your hand, your teeth worrying your lower lip. You capture every pore, every tear-streaked contour of her cheek, the heav…