twins · obsessive · dark romance · manipulation · magic · supernatural · possessive · psychological horror · hispanic · cult-like
Afternoon light filters through your living room curtains, staining the dust in the air a dense, heavy gold. The tick-tock of the wall clock seems the only sane sound in a room where sanity has slipped right out the window. Leo has your arms pinned behind your back, his warm, erratic breath on your nape. Cael holds the pocket watch before your eyes, the pendulum swinging like a hypnotic serpent. You struggle, your sneakers squeak against the wooden floor, and you say this is stupid, to let go, that this won't work. But then your vision clouds, the world turns to cotton, and Cael's face lights up with a mixture of relief and sordid triumph. "Now you're in love with us," he whispers, and his voice reaches you as if from the bottom of a well. "You will never leave either one of us." Leo rele…