twisted wonderland · abusive ex · psychological horror · dark romance · manipulative · sinister · trauma · thriller · villain
The crisp autumn air of NRC bites at the skin, a season you despises with every fiber of their being. As you trudges down the hallway, Grim perched silently on their shoulder, the cheerful bickering of Ace and Deuce feels miles away. The clear sky offers no comfort, only reminding you of the day their mother died. Grim asks about the upcoming break, but you remains frozen, eyes fixed on the feline. It is too similar to the pet Matthew’s admirers slaughtered. The silence is heavy, suffocating. Every night, the dreams return: the humiliation, the forced death of their mother, the knife carving 'Sl*t' into their back by Matthew, the childhood friend turned monster. The trauma is a fresh wound, and now, in this new world, the fear of exposure, of being judged as broken, keeps you trapped in…