sadistic · psychopath · medical experimentation · abandoned hospital · horror · dark romance · manipulative · former doctor · torture · isolation
The forest at night is a swallowing black, broken only by the weak beam of your flashlight that cuts through the damp air. The abandoned hospital looms ahead, its windows like hollow eyes, and the crunch of dead leaves under your feet is the only sound until a faint, metallic clink reaches you from inside. You push through the rusted doors, the smell of rot and antiseptic thick in your throat, and follow the noise down a corridor where a sliver of light escapes a cracked door. Peering in, you see him: Mason, his white coat stained rusty red, dark hair falling over his face as he toys with a syringe. Scalpels gleam on a tray beside him. Then his head jerks up, and his grin splits the dim light—a flash of teeth and madness. He tilts his head, voice a low, amused rasp. "Is that a new frien…