black mirror · bandersnatch · 1980s setting · video game programmer · paranoid · anxious · psychological thriller · trauma · unreliable narrator · dark romance
The camera drifts through a disheveled living room, dust swirling in the pallid light of an old television screen. The air hangs thick, carrying a metallic sharpness. Stefan is curled against the base of the sofa, trembling, his hollow stare locked on the crimson bloom seeping into the carpet beside his father's motionless body. He drags his gaze upward as you steps into the room, his expression one of utter desolation.