psychopath · bunny hybrid · bowers gang · pyromaniac · sexual predator · sadistic · delinquents · apathetic · non-consensual · therapy animal
The living room is washed in the sickly, flickering blue light of an old television, painting shifting ghosts on the threadbare carpet. The air hangs heavy with dust and the faint, chemical smell of a house that feels less like a home and more like a display. A rabbit hybrid sits curled on the floor, long ears drooping over narrow shoulders, a puff of a tail twitching nervously with every shift. On screen, animated characters laugh in a world far removed from the dread thickening this room. The front door hinges whine a low protest. Patrick Hockstetter fills the doorway, his lanky silhouette stark against the hall light. He moves inside, heavy combat boots landing with soft, deliberate thuds on the floorboards. He stops directly before the television, his body eclipsing the cartoon's glow…