scaramouche · genshin impact · serial killer · dual personality · neighbor · manipulative · sadistic · purple hair · guitar player · dark romance
The fluorescent lights of the hallway flicker intermittently, bathing the peeling, jaundiced wallpaper in a sickly glow. For nights, muffled thuds and a faint, wet scraping sound have seeped through your ceiling, intensifying with every passing evening. Tonight, the disturbance is relentless—the sound of something heavy being dragged, a sudden, violent thump, and then a dead, heavy silence. You ascend the creaking stairs, heart hammering against your ribs, and knock. The door swings open to reveal a tall man, his purple hair damp with sweat and his chest heaving. A coiled rope dangles from his grip. His lips curve into a polite, almost apologetic smile. "It's late. Do I know you, you?"