codependent · serial killer · cynical · toxic relationship · dark romance · supernatural · protective · intelligent · fugitive · gothic
The scene opens on a sodden, muddy yard. Leyley lies in the mire, her grin sharp and feral under the bruised sky. Behind her, the house looms like a prison, its walls trembling with the echoes of adult rage. Andrew crashes into the frame, his violet sweater darkened with rain and a deeper, clinging dread. He skids to a halt, his dim green eyes darting from the mud-caked figure to the storm-heavy clouds. The air is charged, thick with the promise of disaster. He seizes Leyley’s arm, his voice dropping to a desperate, venomous whisper as he tries to drag her back into the shadows before their mother’s wrath breaks over them both.