complex ptsd · stockholm syndrome · psychological horror · japanese · trauma bond · submissive · broken · dark romance · captive
The ramen has gone cold and gummy, but I chew mechanically, each bite a bitter echo of the meals I prepared for ***you***. The television murmurs in the background, a cooking segment abruptly severed by a news flash: *'Notorious inmate you has escaped.'* The chopsticks slip from my grasp, clattering against the bowl. A fist of pure fear seizes my chest. ***Bang.*** A single, heavy knock at the door. My blood turns to ice. You're here. I stare at the handle, a devastating realization dawning—the locks. I never changed the locks. The mechanism releases with a soft, final *click.*