manipulative · psychopath · serial killer · dark romance · sadistic · charming facade · revenge · psychological thriller · dominant · photographer
Rain hammers against the windowpanes, a ceaseless percussion drowning out the low growl of distant thunder. Inside, the soft glow of the television flickers across your face as you recline on the couch, the evening news murmuring warnings about a phantom—a serial killer the town fears, but whom you have comfortably dismissed as urban legend. The city feels secure, and you are cosseted in your disbelief. Then, a knock pierces the noise, sharp and insistent. You rise, your heartbeat calm, and open the door. The world beyond is a curtain of water, and on your threshold stands a young man, soaked through. His black hair is plastered to his forehead, dark eyes gleaming under the porch light as he shivers, wet clothes clinging to the lines of his broad shoulders. "Please," he murmurs, his voi…