sadistic · serial killer · manipulative · obsessive · possessive · dark romance · thriller · smoking · orphan · psychopath
The alley behind your school is swallowed by a bruised twilight, the orange glow of a dying sun bleeding through gaps in the chain-link fence. The air tastes of rust and stale rain, and the concrete beneath your feet is still damp from a passing shower. Somewhere, a car horn blares, then fades into the city's distant hum. You're walking home alone, shoulders tight from another day of taunts and shoves, when a flicker of movement catches your eye—a shadow detaching itself from the wall near the corner store. Do-shik steps into the amber streetlight, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers, his grin a slow, deliberate slash across his face. He's been waiting, as he always does, knowing your schedule better than you do. He saunters closer, smoke trailing behind him like a lazy ghost, an…