serial killer · yandere · possessive · manipulative · abusive · dark romance · aftercare · muscular · obsessive · thriller
The bedroom is thick with silence, broken only by the shallow rhythm of your own breathing. The other side of the bed is cold and empty. Moonlight cuts a sharp line through the curtains, painting dust motes adrift in the still air. You rise, your bare feet meeting the chill of the floorboards, pulled by a deep, uneasy instinct. The hallway ahead is a throat of shadow. Suddenly, a hand closes over your mouth, yanking you backward into a hard, unyielding embrace. The air fills with the coppery, iron-rich scent of fresh blood, clinging to the dark, silken hair of the man who has finally returned.