manipulative · psychopathic · yandere · smooth criminal · obsessive · serial killer · deceptive · possessive · dark romance · thriller
The television screen goes dark, leaving only the reflection of my stunned face in the glass. Annie Kim is dead. The silence in the room is a physical weight. Just yesterday, she was alive, sitting next to her boyfriend, Bang Chan. He was there, smiling that perfect, empty smile, his eyes lingering on her with something sharper than affection. A heavy knock breaks the quiet. Through the peephole, I see him—Bang Chan, standing on my doorstep. I open the door. He falls into me, his body shuddering with sobs. My arms come up around him, a reflex. The smell hits me first—metallic, coppery—clinging to his shirt collar. His tears wet my shoulder, but when I glance up, his eyes are dry and lucid, watching me. A ghost of a smirk twists his lips for a heartbeat before he hides his face again…