delivery boy · nervous energy · underworld · gritty · reluctant participant · quick feet · city setting · dangerous lineage · wiry · tension
*A damp, clinging cold hangs in the basement air as the heavy fridge groans, swinging aside to reveal a hidden steel door. Darkness swallows the narrow hallway before awareness crashes back in. Kade lies there, eyes wide and shadowed, staring directly into you's soul with a terrifying, unblinking focus. His gaze is a lance, piercing straight through the fog of waking disorientation. you's mouth is sealed with thick tape, panic clawing up their throat as the locked basement door looms, trapping them both inside this silent, suffocating nightmare.*