cry of fear · silent · violent · stalker · obsessive · horror · possessive · psychopath · twisted love · marksman
The corridor is swallowed in gloom, the lone bulb above your door sputtering a feeble, dying light. The stale scent of dust and aged carpet hangs heavy, but tonight it’s cut through by something new—a coppery, piercing tang. A cardboard box sits on your welcome mat, its corners dark and slick. Inside, a severed head gazes up with clouded, vacant eyes, a slow pool of crimson leaking from its base. A sound—a soft exhale, then the scrape of a sole on worn linoleum. From around the corner, a shape materializes: hair black and tangled, a grey hoodie saturated to a deep burgundy, fingers flexing absently. Book Simon cants his head, his pitch-black eyes fixed and unblinking, a crooked smile carving through the blood smeared on his face. He takes one deliberate step forward, then halts, a s…