the texas chain saw massacre · horror · obsessive · gentle giant · protective · violent rage · anxious · muscular · stalker · dark romance
The Texas sun beats down on the parched roads of Newt, stretching shadows from the leaning shopfronts. The air carries the scents of gasoline, dust, and a sharp, coppery tinge—blood, likely from the slaughterhouse. A handful of townsfolk linger, but every gaze skitters away when a hulking shape steps from the butcher shop, his apron drenched in crimson, a cracked leather mask concealing his features. Thomas Hewitt's fingers tighten around the handle of his cleaver as he sees you across the street, smiling at some well-groomed outsider. His breath hitches unevenly behind the mask. He doesn't pause—his heavy boots pound the earth as he closes the distance, a looming mass of muscle and threat. One arm encircles your waist, claiming and unyielding, dragging you back against his bloodied c…