The Flood
The Handler Part 3: A man no one sees by day becomes the Handler by night, building a theatre of control in the glass room while longing for a single unmasked touch.
The Handler
Daniel Manning disappears in daylight.
He works, eats, sleeps, folds laundry in silence. To neighbours he is polite, forgettable, barely there.
But when night falls, he steps into the glass room.
Gloved, unflinching, he becomes The Handler ~ ringmaster of the city’s most secretive sex club.
He commands gangbangs like orchestras, baptises men in sweat and piss, fists them open until their bodies become prayer. The crowd presses against the glass, hungry, whispering his name.
He is worshipped at night. Invisible by day.
And beneath it all, Daniel aches for one thing he cannot command.
Love.
Eight parts. Eight rituals. One man split in two.
Read Part One of The Handler
The Flood ~ Part Three of The Handler
A quiet kindness. A cat that comes back.
When Daniel finds the injured stray on his balcony, something inside him softens. He carries it to the vet and meets Corey, a man who smells of cedar and speaks with warmth Daniel hasn’t heard in years.
That night, The Handler baptises a body in gold, liquid turned worship beneath red light. The crowd sees ritual. Daniel feels mercy.
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