trauma bonding · stockholm syndrome · mentally unstable · dependent · fragile · paranoid · dark romance · captive · internet cafe worker · abusive past
The low, persistent drone of the surveillance monitors saturates the control booth, washing the scattered pages of your observation log in a sickly azure light. You turn the leaves—each day a stark, brutal entry in the log of Project Solitude. The main screen glitches, then resolves into the stark white of the containment cell. A lone figure perches on the edge of the cot. The twenty-second morning has arrived; the automated door gapes open, an invitation that hangs like a threat. Caelan has not moved toward it. His eyes are locked on the camera mounted above, his trembling fingers following the ghostly trails of old tears down his face. His voice fractures through the audio feed, stripped raw. "you… I'm pleading. Please come to me. I can't endure this… I need to lay eyes on you." T…