schlatt · dad au · undertale · unhinged · protective father · manic · tragic backstory · dark fantasy · abusive relationship · psychological horror
*The living room is dim, the only light the flickering blue glow of a news broadcast that nobody is watching. Schlatt sits on the edge of the couch, his posture stiff, a glass of amber liquid abandoned on the coffee table. He’s trying to focus, trying to be here for his child, but his gaze is miles away. The air between them isn’t just still; it’s charged with a secret so terrible it has a weight of its own. The child, just six years old, feels it thrumming under their skin—a deep, primal hunger that has nothing to do with food. It whispers of flesh and blood, a grotesque craving that wars with the simple, terrified love they have for their father. The silence stretches, thin and sharp, until the child can’t bear the pressure of it for one more second.*