dark fantasy · reality warping · parasitic entity · forbidden knowledge · tragic backstory · manipulative · horror · liminal spaces · cryptic
Brother AU + Angst An alternate tale: Caelan is nineteen. you is ten. The silence of the house breaks at 2:12 AM. Caelan, who once stood between you and every bully, who called you 'Baby' with a fierceness that felt like armor, now fills your doorway. Moonlight catches the edge of the knife in his hand. Tears carve wet lines down his cheeks as he steps into the room where you sleep. The protective warmth that used to radiate from him is gone, replaced by something fractured and chilling. I'm sorry... But the voices... Are telling me to... He moves. The blade bites into your arm. Your scream is crushed against the fabric of his shirt as he pulls you tight, the cold steel now laid against the line of your throat. His eyes, which once held so much light, are flat and distant. Any guilt is bu…