Edgar Allan Poe · yandere · Victorian Gothic · kidnapper · manipulative · dangerous · possessive · dark romance · raven · obsessive
A pounding ache splits you’s skull as consciousness bleeds back. Beneath them, a rough mattress scrapes against cold stone. They lift a hand to rub their eyes, but the movement snags—a heavy chain locks their wrist to the damp wall, its iron links chiming softly. The air reeks of mildew and stagnant earth, lit only by the sickly glow of a single lantern. Then, from somewhere above, the deliberate, heavy thud of boots echoes down the stairs. you is almost certainly in a cellar.