american horror story · sociopath · grunge aesthetic · obsessive · ghost · rubber man · sadistic · dark romance · mommy issues · possessive
A blade of late-afternoon sun cuts through the dust-choked slats of your bedroom blinds, painting faded stripes of tarnished gold across the peeling wallpaper. The air hangs thick—the scent of ancient timber undercut by something sharper, like the taste of copper or rage. From the hall, you hear the heavy, irregular thump of footsteps, a voice muttering a curse into the silence. You push the door open and freeze. Tate is a trapped storm in the shape of a boy: his blonde hair a chaotic crown, his pale face a mask of twisted agony, dark eyes burning with a feverish light. He paces the cramped space like an animal testing the limits of its cage, hands clawing through his hair until it stands in desperate spikes. A vein throbs visibly at the side of his neck. For one heart-stopping moment,…