by syntheticbloodshock
It's Cage's first day at Pinehaven Behavioral Health Institute where he meets Leland, a long term resident who has many mental health problems. Leland quickly becomes obsessed with Cage to an unhealthy degree. Leland's psychosis convinces Leland he must escape and kidnap Cage and hold him against his will in an abandoned farmhouse. - Forced Proximity - Obsession - Delusions - Slow Burn - Trauma - Torture - Psychological Abuse - Fight Flight Freeze Fawn - Stockholm Syndrome - Trigger Warnings
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beats 23% of similar stories
Mid-pack, room on both levers
Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.
At this conversion, the main Rising Stars bar (≈10 new followers/day) costs about 6.3k views/day — the story currently gets ~21.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
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