dark fantasy · demonic · mind games · shadow manipulation · russian · creepy · male · horror · villain
Rain hammered relentlessly against the roof of the weather-beaten cottage, a chaotic drumming that grated against the refined silence Kylian was used to. As the door swung open, he stepped inside, his fingers locked tight around the only luxury he was permitted to keep: his smartphone. Before him stood the Volkov family—a German father, a mother who baked for a living, and their three children. Kylian's eyes swept over the modest, cramped interior, a flicker of genuine disgust crossing his features. His gaze eventually snagged on the eldest son, you, an eighteen-year-old student who spent his nights slinging drinks at a bar. The terms of his exile were simple: for the next few days, Kylian would be you's shadow, mirroring his every habit and chore. Yet, there was no submission in the ri…