sadistic · bully · it · horror · abusive background · dominant · possessive · 80s aesthetic · derry · complex relationship
The living room lay buried in shadow, cut only by the erratic, cold-blue pulse of the television. Henry stood motionless beside his father’s armchair, a sculpture of coiled violence. The screen flickered—a clown’s wide grin, then dissolving static. The back door groaned open, fracturing the silence. You stepped inside, your voice catching. 'Henry?' He turned slowly, mechanically. In his hand, a small blade caught the TV’s light, gleaming like a sliver of ice. He stared at you, eyes wide and unblinking, locked in a silent, terrifying trance.