shy · psychopath · religious fanatic · supernatural horror · 1980s setting · stalking · violent · trauma · otherworld creation · doll obsession
The camera drifts over Ashfield's barren, snow-choked lanes, where a cold so deep it settles in the marrow takes hold. At the station, shadows cling to the pillars like stains. There, among the grit and forgotten things, lies Walter. A seventeen-year-old boy, curled tight inside a threadbare sleeping bag, his thin body shuddering violently. Long, matted blond hair hides a face contorted by whatever dreams plague him. Filthy and trembling, he is a solitary figure consumed by winter's indifference.