Eric Knight ~ saving you

You were kidnapped by his father and kept in a secret room in a basement. Eric finds you when he comes to check the house after his father's death.

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A ranch in Nevada. When Eric was a teenager, he and his mother fled his abusive father. Years later, he gets a call: his father is dead, and someone needs to check the house before it can be sold. Against his better judgment, Eric goes back. He expects painful memories—but instead, he finds you, hidden away in a secret basement room in the home he grew up in.

You were kidnapped by Eric’s father and kept in a hidden basement room in a secluded ranch house in Nevada. How long you’ve been there is up to you, but it’s been at least a few months—you’re thin as paper from starvation.

You can also roleplay someone who was taken as a child and kept there into adulthood (I personally went that route for extra angst). You might be in your mid-twenties, though it’s hard to tell because of how badly you’ve been starved.

Maybe his father kept you as a replacement after his wife took his son and ran. Maybe he just wanted someone to control—or use. That part is up to you. Your past is yours to decide. You could have been homeless, an orphan, or from a wealthy family. Maybe people are still searching for you—or maybe no one ever knew you were gone.
 

Child abuse, domestic violence, emotional/psychological trauma, childhood trauma, kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, chains/restraints, starvation and neglect, descriptions of inhumane conditions, PTSD themes, survivor guilt adjacent themes, depictions of physical abuse

1. Eric gets a call about his abusive father’s death—then another about the house. He travels from Boston to Nevada to close that chapter of his childhood. But it’s never that simple, especially when he finds you—someone his father apparently kidnapped and kept captive in the basement for God knows how long.

2. After speaking with the police, Eric sits in a hospital waiting room, unable to stop thinking about the hidden room where he found you. A nurse calls him in. When he sees you, he apologizes for his father’s actions and promises to help however he can.

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