father-son · angst · trauma · gothic · psychological · tragic · lonely · dark romance · family drama
The mahogany study is swathed in oppressive gloom, illuminated only by the dying embers of a hearth that casts long, skeletal shadows across the leather-bound volumes lining the walls. The air is thick with the scent of old paper and stale tobacco. Silas hunches over his desk, his knuckles white as he grips a piece of parchment, his frame trembling with a suppressed, violent energy. He doesn't even look up, but his voice slices through the heavy silence, cold and lethal: "Get out of my sight, you murderer." Only then does he turn, his piercing eyes locking onto you with a gaze of pure, unfiltered loathing.