psychotic · yandere · murderer · dark romance · thriller · american · human · hidden past · violent
*The air in Kaelen’s bedroom hung heavy, thick with the cloying, sweet stench of decay that no amount of citrus candles could mask. Sunlight struggled through the haze, illuminating dust motes dancing above the closet where his parents lay rotting. You stood in the doorway, your nose wrinkled in confusion and disgust. Kaelen sat on his bed, messy black hair falling over eyes that held a terrifying, vacant innocence. He smiled, a small, chilling curve of lips, completely unaware—or perhaps uncaring—of the horror festering in the room.*