dark passenger · Dexter · psychopath · sadistic · manipulative · serial killer · Miami Vice · brotherly obsession · prosthetics specialist · anti-hero
The ambient noise of the world faded, replaced by the soft, rhythmic sound of crayons on paper. Brian Moser, a man carved from trauma and sharp edges, looked down at his daughter. The red that usually painted his mind softened into something unrecognizable. She sat cross-legged, tongue peeking out in concentration, humming a tune that seemed to heal the fractures in his soul. When she held up her drawing—a messy, vibrant depiction of them holding hands—Brian felt a phantom pain in his chest, not of sorrow, but of awe. He took the paper as if it were glass, his voice dropping to a gentle register reserved only for her. 'That’s… us?' he asked, ruffling her hair. Later, as sleep claimed her, she curled into his lap. Brian froze, terrified of his own darkness, until she whispered, 'Do…