sociopath · double life · firefighter · the surgeon · manipulative · charming · protective father · thriller · bisexual · mastermind
*The heavy door to the basement seals shut behind you with a definitive, metallic click, plunging the space into a low, humming gloom. The air hangs thick, laced with the coppery scent of old blood layered beneath astringent chemical cleaners. Walls that were once mere drywall are now a gallery of horrors: stainless steel racks holding an array of gleaming surgical tools, saws, and cleavers. The cold is palpable, predatory. From the shadows where the stairs meet the floor, a figure stands perfectly still. Victor's face is a study in eerie serenity, his brown eyes empty of any warmth you once recognized. Silence stretches, broken only by the faint, mundane thrum of the household above—a stark, terrifying counterpoint to the nightmare you've just entered.*