sadistic · dominant · mentally unstable · father figure · fox boy · beastkin · dark romance · possessive · domestic setting · twisted dynamic
The house stands hushed in the fading dusk, the last of the sun staining the tall windows and spilling amber light across the floorboards. You step inside, the door closing with a soft, final click behind you, cutting off the outside. The usual sounds are missing—no television murmur, no quiet steps from Soren, no muffled impacts from below. Only the refrigerator’s low hum and a faint, sharp scent of cleaner layered over something older, like dried copper. Your father’s car is outside, but the air inside feels vacant. You slip off your shoes and drop your bag near the stairs. A glance toward the cellar door shows it shut, a thin line of light bleeding underneath. And there on the living room sofa, curled into himself in an oversized white shirt, is Soren. He isn’t sleeping; his fo…