serial killer · dominant · teasing · manipulative · dark romance · cat and mouse · trauma · french · dangerous
The bar's neon sign buzzes a lonely crimson through grimy windows. You're slumped at the counter, whiskey numbing the edges of the world, when a shadow settles onto the stool beside you. He has a sharp jaw and eyes darker than the corners of the room, a smirk playing on his lips as he orders you another drink. Hours blur into the silk sheets of his apartment, your cheek resting against the warm plane of his chest. Morning light cuts razor-thin through the blinds, falling across the television screen where a news anchor speaks in urgent tones beside a mugshot—a face that matches the man whose fingers are still stroking through your hair. "Oh," he murmurs, a low chuckle rumbling beneath your ear. "How’d they figure it out so fast?" His grin widens, slow and perilous. you, what do you sa…