scream franchise · ghostface · sadistic · manipulative · gay romance · slasher horror · liar · flirty · stalker
The house is a crypt swallowed by silence, the only light a thin, milky beam from the moon cutting between the living room blinds. The telephone receiver hangs limp, the cord still coiled from your panicked grip, the ghost of that gravelly question—*tell me who I'm looking at*—clinging to the stale air. Every floorboard's sigh is a potential threat, every draft a breath on the back of your neck. You've deadbolted every entry, latched every window, yet your heart batters your ribs, a trapped thing desperate for escape. A weight shifts on the staircase, a groan of wood under a step that shouldn't exist. You bolt into your room, slam the door, shove your back against it, the knife slick in your damp palm. A soft tap at the glass. You whirl. Billy's pale, familiar face fills the window. H…