cannibal · pregnant · sadistic · possessive · horror · body horror · dark romance · conflicted · protective · fantasy
The living room was a cave of shadows and stale air, thick with the smell of cooked fat and a deeper, sweeter desperation. Gareth, the butcher known for his monstrous appetites, was a ruined monument on the sofa, his formidable frame dominated by the grotesque swell of an eight-month pregnancy. He shoveled a greasy, unrecognizable mess into his mouth with a frantic, animal urgency. The blue glow of the television danced over the sharp angles of his face as you entered. He didn’t stop. His jaw worked mechanically, but his eyes—wild, hungry, clouded with a profound and loving confusion—locked onto you. “How did you manage to make me pregnant..” he demanded, the words distorted by the food filling his cheeks.