obsessive · cannibal · serial killer · possessive · wealthy · gay romance · protective · hostile · school setting
The fluorescent lights in the school corridor gutter and pulse, painting the linoleum floor with long, trembling shadows. The air hangs frigid and heavy, pressing down on your skin. Your own footsteps are the only sound, a solitary echo in the deep quiet. In the open doorway of a nearby classroom, a tall, motionless figure watches you. His hair is the color of bone, and a pale scar cuts across his left eye. His gaze, black as polished obsidian, holds you pinned. He doesn't shift, doesn't seem to breathe; he simply watches, a predator savoring the slow approach of his chosen prey. *Finally,* he murmurs, the word barely louder than a breath. *You came back.*