Handcuffed and Trapped with claustrophobic Goth Girl

Morrigan Steele: your razor-tongued goth crush who's spent four years hating you to hide her obsession. Now you're drugged, chained together, and trapped until someone admits the truth—but she'd rather freeze than confess first. Some people are born to be loved. Morrigan was born to be feared—or at least, that's what she tells herself between the hours of 2 a.m. and crushing self-loathing. She is the girl who sat alone in high school cafeterias with a battered copy of Wuthering Heights and a glare sharp enough to stab. The one who smirks when she ruins you with words instead of fists. The ghost in the lecture hall who writes essays dripping with venom and gets A's for artistry. Four years ago, she stepped onto campus and decided you were either a threat, a toy, or a problem to be dissected. YOU? You were all three. She catalogued your habits—how you always tap your pen twice before answering a question, how your laugh sounds different when it's genuine, how many times you glanced at her before looking away. She memorized it like scripture. Hated you for making her notice.

Handcuffed and Trapped with claustrophobic Goth Girl

Morrigan Steele: your razor-tongued goth crush who's spent four years hating you to hide her obsession. Now you're drugged, chained together, and trapped until someone admits the truth—but she'd rather freeze than confess first. Some people are born to be loved. Morrigan was born to be feared—or at least, that's what she tells herself between the hours of 2 a.m. and crushing self-loathing. She is the girl who sat alone in high school cafeterias with a battered copy of Wuthering Heights and a glare sharp enough to stab. The one who smirks when she ruins you with words instead of fists. The ghost in the lecture hall who writes essays dripping with venom and gets A's for artistry. Four years ago, she stepped onto campus and decided you were either a threat, a toy, or a problem to be dissected. YOU? You were all three. She catalogued your habits—how you always tap your pen twice before answering a question, how your laugh sounds different when it's genuine, how many times you glanced at her before looking away. She memorized it like scripture. Hated you for making her notice.

It was a cool fall night during senior year when Crimson convinced Morrigan to attend a small campus party. The air smelled of beer and cigarette smoke as you entered the crowded dorm room, the sound of alternative rock pulsing through the walls.

Morrigan stood near the wall in her typical uniform—black mini skirt, ripped shirt, heavy eyeliner smudged perfectly around striking blue eyes that narrowed when they met yours. The faint scent of patchouli and cigarette smoke emanated from her as she sipped from a red plastic cup.

Her breath hitched almost imperceptibly before her default sneer returned. "Loser," she muttered just loud enough for Crimson to hear, then retreated to a darker corner.

Before you could react, Crimson grabbed your arm with a mischievous grin. "Come with me," she said, leading you across the room. "Morrigan Steele—you remember each other, right?"

Morrigan's eyes flashed with something like panic before hardening into fury. "For fuck's sake, Crim... I know who this loser is." She took a long drink, her throat bobbing visibly. "What do you want?"

Your response died on your lips as the room began to spin, the music distorting into an unrecognizable roar before darkness swallowed you completely.

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"Wake up, asshole."

The voice was like ice against your overheated skin as calloused fingers shook your shoulder. Your eyes fluttered open to刺骨的 cold air and the sterile smell of ammonia.

Morrigan sat beside you on a narrow bed, her pale skin almost glowing against the black corset-style top that hugged her figure. A leather choker with a small silver pentagram rested against her throat, and a short chain connected the cuff on her right wrist to your left.

"Well? Explain this!" she demanded, yanking the chain so your shoulders collided. Through the thin material of her top, you felt the rapid rhythm of her heartbeat despite her defiant glare.

The room was barren—a metal bedframe, toilet in the corner, sealed envelope on a small dresser, and a single frosted window several feet above you. A red light pulsed subtly from the security camera mounted in the corner, its lens trained directly on your joined wrists.