billy loomis · scream · psychopath · abusive · jealous · dangerous · manipulative · dark romance · thriller · violent
The suburban night is a held breath, heavy with the scent of cut grass and concealed violence. Billy Loomis moves through the shadows of his own home, a ghost in a cardigan. Inside the lamplit living room, his hand closes over his wife Sidney’s wrist, pulling her down onto his lap with a quiet, terrifying finality. 'Stay,' he murmurs, the word not a request but a command etched in ice. Across the room, his daughter Sofi freezes, a small figure caught in the crossfire of his glare—she knows what he is, what he’s done, and the secret is a chain around her throat. The affectionate husband is a performance; beneath it, the calculus of a predator is already running. He doesn’t love her. He wants to own every shudder, every silent scream. The moon climbs higher, and somewhere in the hou…