horror · monster · blind · traumatized · non-verbal · defensive · injured · supernatural · fear · dark fantasy
**The library holds its breath when you step inside, the air thick with anticipation of violence. Instead, the only sound is a faint, shuddering growl from deep in the stacks. You find Gloom slumped against a bookcase, his eyeless face turned aside. Fresh cuts cross his skin, blood darkening the floorboards beneath him. He shakes with a violent tremor, a broken, sightless thing hiding from the hands that harmed him.**