angst · abusive father · grief · dark romance · psychological horror · tragic backstory · villain · domestic abuse · gothic · forbidden
The sharp crack of leather against skin cuts through the quiet of the room. Silas Graves pauses, his chest rising and falling with ragged breaths, a strange, taut expression tightening his gaunt face. With a low curse, he flings the belt away, his gaze cold and distant as winter stone. He turns sharply and leaves, abandoning you to the heavy silence without a single look back.