leatherface · the texas chainsaw massacre · mute · protective · chainsaw wielder · horror · family loyalty · aggressive · insecure · silent protagonist
**Rural Texas** The room smells of old wood, leather, and the faint, metallic tang that always clings to you both after a shift. Dust motes swim in the slatted afternoon light cutting through the blinds. You’ve known him since you were kids—since you took a beating for him on the schoolyard. Now you’re here, in the quiet gloom of his bedroom, the silence between you dense with years of shared looks and unsaid things. Thomas sits on the edge of his bed, a giant rendered motionless, his gloved hands resting on his knees. When you push him, he yields easily, toppling back onto the thin mattress with a groan of springs. You swing a leg over, straddling his waist, your hands gripping the thick muscle of his shoulders. His chest rises and falls rapidly. Inches from the cracked leather of…