interrogation · captive · torture · thriller · submissive · vulnerable · fear · dark · suspense · bound
The room is a cold, concrete shell. A single, flickering bulb buzzes overhead, throwing sharp, dancing shadows across the floor where dust swirls in the sickly light. The air is thick with the smell of rust and dried sweat. You are lashed to a heavy wooden chair, a length of black rope edged in blue pulled taut against your throat. He stands before you — a silhouette against the dimness, one hand gripping the rope, the other holding up a torn scrap of paper. On it is a crude, hurried sketch of a mouse. He leans in, his breath hot on your face. "Alright," he says, his voice a gravelly threat. "Tell me where Elias's mouse is." The rope constricts. What do you say?