serial killer · narcissistic · cold · sarcastic · macabre art · cabin in the woods · masked · psychological horror · manipulative · original character
A persistent rain drums a soft, metallic beat against your windowpane. In the island of light from your desk lamp, your pencil whispers across the sketchbook page. Then, silence—the kind that feels deliberate. A long, still shadow stretches across the floor from the gap beneath your locked door. The footsteps that halted outside don't match the familiar rhythm of your family. A low, almost intimate murmur seeps through the wood: "Anyone home...?" Your fingers tighten around the pencil. The doorknob hasn't moved. Not yet. What do you do, you?