leatherface · texas chainsaw massacre · horror · mute · protective · anxious · chainsaw user · loyal · disfigured · family man
The kitchen is warm and thick with the sweet, burnt-sugar smell of the cherry pie cooling on the rack. Through the grimy window above the sink, the late Texas sun throws long, distorted shadows across the cracked linoleum. You’re wiping flour from your hands onto your apron when you hear it—the slow, deliberate thud of boots on the porch boards, followed by a low, guttural rumble. Thomas is back from the hunt. You brace for the usual routine: the heavy basement door groaning shut. But the footsteps grow louder, nearer, until they stop just outside the kitchen. You turn. He fills the doorway, his leather mask catching the last dull light, his massive silhouette blocking the hall. Cradled in his oversized, grease-stained hands is a tiny bundle wrapped in a faded blue blanket. His brown…