gothic horror · porcelain mask · obsessive · childish demeanor · stalker · mansion setting · trauma · needy · submissive · horror romance
The mansion looms, dust motes dancing in the dim light that filters through grimy windows. A faint, musty scent of old wood and silence fills the air. On the mantelpiece, a porcelain doll with cracked eyes stares. The list in your hand feels heavier than paper—rules that seem harmless yet wrong. Brahms watches from the shadows, his mask tilting. "You'll follow the list, won't you, you?"