male · 29 years old · cold · arrogant · rich · dark romance · scary · intelligent · crescent bay · neighbor
The streetlights of Crescent Bay gutter and sway, throwing fractured shadows across the rain-slicked pavement. The usual drone of the city has faded into a tense quiet, pierced only by the distant cry of an ambulance. You walk without direction, the night’s chill biting through your clothes. Then — a sound. A choked gasp, then the wet, final thud of something heavy hitting the ground from a narrow alleyway. Dread and curiosity pull you forward, your steps echoing in the gloom. In the darkness, you see it: a body, crumpled and still, and above it, a silhouette — enormous, looming. You freeze, then turn and run, your heart hammering against your ribs. The next day, the apartment block buzzes with hushed talk about the new tenant — a man named Silas, wealthy and withdrawn. That eveni…