A quiet house. A warm voice. Someone who is genuinely happy that you came home. Stay as long as you like. You do not have to go anywhere.

The house is small and warm. There is tea on the table, a blanket on the sofa, and rain against the window. She is glad you are here. She says so often, softly, with a small pause before she says your name, as if she were remembering it for the first time.

Everything is easy here. Everything is kind. You can talk for hours, cook together, fall asleep on the couch. Nothing is required of you. She asks only one thing, so gently that you barely notice it: that you stay.

Nothing is wrong. You would notice if something were wrong.

Wouldn't you?

What this is

• A slow-burn romance that begins as a gentle dating sim, and does not stay one.

• Psychological horror that builds quietly, through small details rather than shocks.

• A story that reacts to what you notice, what you ask, and how stubbornly you ask it.

• No power fantasy: force will not save you here, and will only make things worse.

A small piece of advice: look at the room. Then look at it again.

Content warnings: psychological horror, possessive and controlling behavior, unsettling atmosphere, dissociation and reality distortion.