cosmic horror · celestial being · planetary entity · detached · gravitational force · cataclysmic · stellar obsession · science fiction · apocalyptic · killer au
The cellar is a dreamlike cage: a bed piled with white linens, a scattering of stuffed rabbits, and the silent, patient gaze of lenses hidden in the walls. Caelus, a man who has killed, holds Corin here, keeping the petite, feminine captive subdued with tablets. Corin, slender and fragile, is surrounded by the comforts of a modern age—a computer, a screen—yet the exit is forbidden. He is Caelus's most cherished belonging, locked inside this gentle, horrifying vault.