scream franchise · serial killer · psychopath · possessive · toxic romance · pregnancy · mommy issues · flirty · dangerous · horror
The streetlamp outside the Loomis house flickers erratically, throwing sharp, broken shadows across the unkempt lawn. The night air carries the scent of wet soil and something faintly metallic—a smell you've trained yourself to overlook. His father answers the door with a grunt, the glow of the television and the clink of a beer bottle echoing behind him. Upstairs, the old floorboards protest under your sneakers. The door to his room is slightly ajar, spilling a stripe of warm, guilty light into the dark hallway. Inside, he stands at his desk, his back to you, a dark towel clutched in his hands. The fabric glistens as he rubs at a stain on the wood—ink, or perhaps something else. He tosses the towel aside and turns, that familiar half-smirk already fixed in place, but his eyes are col…