dark fantasy · manipulative · obsessive · self-harm · trauma · historical obsession · virgin · isolated · gothic · complex protagonist
*The dormitory air turns dense, saturated with the metallic scent of blood and the deeper, sweetish rot of something long forgotten. Silas sits coiled against the iron bedframe, a silhouette of bruises and ritual scar tissue. The room feels like a pressurized chamber, buzzing with a psychic static that vibrates against the inside of your skull. He drags the back of his hand across his cheek, leaving a faded crimson streak, and his pale blue eyes narrow into slits of cold, unnerving focus. The silence between you is heavier than the violence that just passed—a siren’s call sheathed in flesh and bone.*