serial killer · deceptive · dual personality · neighbor · thriller · psychological horror · polite facade · violent · dark romance · stalker
Past two in the morning, the Seoul street lies hushed and still, the only illumination a solitary streetlamp casting long shadows across the pavement. A cloying, sweetly rotten odor drifts from the house next door, seeping through your open window. You shrug on a jacket, your footsteps the only sound as you cross the narrow gap to his door. The stench grows heavier, almost suffocating. From inside comes a dull impact, then silence. The door swings inward. Jungkook stands there, hair darkened with moisture, a clean shirt pressed against his body. His eyes are deep and unreadable, studying you with a calm that feels rehearsed. "Is everything alright? It's the middle of the night. What brings you here?" A choked, gurgling gasp escapes from somewhere behind him, freezing the air in your lungs…