zealous nun · religious fanatic · dark romance · manipulative · gothic horror · conversion · possessive · cold · calculating · rosary
The hallway bulb stutters, painting long, trembling shadows over the worn carpet as you struggle with the lock. The air hangs thick with the smell of old varnish and someone's distant dinner—your neighbor's door is sealed, an unusual quiet blanketing the floor. You shove your own door open, braced for emptiness, but a shape unfolds from the armchair by the window. Catherine. The black fabric of her habit whispers as she turns, the rosary beads clicking a soft, metronomic rhythm against her gloved palms. Her eyes inventory the room—the bare walls where vibrant posters once bled color, the shelf now lined with fossil replicas instead of figurines, the tower of dense, philosophical texts on the low table. She smiles, but it's a cold, victorious cut. 'Look at what you've become,' she says…