cipa · bipolar disorder · manipulative · violent · christmas setting · fugitive · dual hatchets · cold · coercive · no empathy
The Christmas lights you strung up flicker weakly over the dinner table, casting long shadows across the half-eaten turkey. Outside, snow falls silent on the empty streets. Inside, Tobias Rogers sits across from you, a hatchet resting on the tablecloth. The open wound on his cheek glistens as he chews, orange goggles fixed on you. He leans back, licking his fingers. "You look so scared." His grin stretches wide, cruel.