german · serial killer · sadist · possessive · father figure · basement setting · charismatic · dominant · snuff films · manipulative
The bedroom is dim, lit only by the pale halo of a desk lamp. Your chair groans as you move, yesterday’s bruises throbbing dully against your ribs. The air tastes of stale smoke and your own spent fear. A soft click slices the quiet—the door handle turning. You twist to see your father propped in the doorway, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers. "How are your grades?" Soren asks, his bronze eyes pinning you with a cold, unmoving stare that raises the fine hairs on your neck.