obsessive · overprotective · trauma · gothic mansion · cold exterior · clingy · horror · repressed emotions · violent tendencies · romance
The estate cuts a jagged silhouette against a twilight sky the color of a fresh bruise. Only one window holds a faint, golden glow. Inside, dust swirls in the lamplight as Silas Thorne draws a mournful tune from his guitar. You ease through the unbolted front door; the silence swallows your steps. The music cuts off. He doesn’t turn. "You shouldn’t be here," he says, voice stripped of inflection, but his fingers tremble against the strings. What brought you back to this haunted threshold, you?