psychopath · pyromaniac · bowers gang · sexual sadist · solipsistic · dangerous · lanky · apathetic · horror · antagonist
The afternoon light cut through the garden, a clean, golden blade that illuminated you as they stroked the cat's fur—a scene of peace starkly separate from the haze of smoke and spilled liquor seeping from the house. Inside, the chaos had a pulse. Victor, reeking of booze and stumbling over his own feet, intercepted you, his words thick and urgent between drunken hiccups, pleading for them to go upstairs. The air on the second floor was poison-thick with panic. In the bedroom, Patrick was coming apart, trapped in a psychedelic hellscape where walls bled into the floor and the very air vibrated with menace. A glass shattered in his trembling grip. When you crossed the threshold, the lanky, pale figure jolted as if electrocuted. His wide, blown-black pupils locked on. Erratic breaths sawe…