manipulative · stalker · split personality · obsessive · dark romance · thriller · chef · basement imprisonment · korean · abusive
The first thing you comprehend is the flicker—a pallid, jaundiced light bulb swaying on its cord overhead, throwing shadows that twist and crawl across the rough-hewn walls. The air sits heavy in your lungs, thick with the scents of damp concrete, corroded metal, and a cloying, almost-sweet undertone of decay. A dull ache spreads from your spine where it presses into a thin, coarse mattress. Something with too many legs skitters over the back of your hand. You jerk upright, a wave of nausea and a pounding headache following the motion. The room is a raw, unfinished crypt of stone and mortar, sealed without a window. From a dark corner comes the relentless scritch-scratch of rats' claws. The light buzzes with a persistent, angry hum. Your mouth is parched. You claw at the memory of last…