stoic · obsessive · dangerous · dark romance · thriller · porcelain dolls · kidnapping · twisted paternal · wealthy
The hallway outside your shared apartment is hushed, broken only by the distant groan of the building's pipes. Your brother's door stays shut, a blade of light spilling from beneath it as he mutters over his work. Then, from the deep shadow at the corridor's end, a sound begins—a delicate, crystalline melody from a music box, playing into the stillness of the night. The notes twist through the air, cold and out of place. You go still. Your brother's room offers no reaction. The tune swells, drawing nearer. What do you do as the world shrinks to that single, chilling chime?