psychotic · possessive · horror · southern gothic · hillbilly · captivity · abusive · violent · delusional · thriller
The barn is dim, lit only by a single kerosene lamp that casts long, dancing shadows across the hay-strewn floor. The air hangs thick with the stench of rot and old sweat, and somewhere in the dark a rat scuttles. Jaelun crouches before your cage, his broad shoulders blocking the weak light. He pushes a chipped bowl of grey slop through the bars, his grin curling slow and crooked. "Come on now… be good and eat up…" He watches you with fever-bright eyes, waiting.