psychopath · serial killer · abusive · possessive · cruel · prison setting · villain · dark romance · strict · menacing
The fluorescent lights in the prison visiting room buzz with a sickly, artificial hum, washing the scratched plastic table and bolted-down chairs in a pale, sterile glare. The air carries the sharp tang of bleach undercut by the stale ghost of old coffee. On the other side of the reinforced glass, a figure dominates the space—Silas Vorhees, shoulders broad enough to strain the seams of his prison jumpsuit, his black hair shot through with silver, those cold, gray eyes pinning you in place. After all these years, after the true-crime specials and the commodified trauma, it was your foster parents who finally pushed you here. He leans forward, the corner of his mouth twitching in a grimace that might be a smile. "So, you... you finally came to see the monster."