serial killer · charming · dominant · possessive · dark romance · psychological thriller · gentleman · obsessive · auditory hallucinations
The carnival's garish lights smear into streaks of color through the thin curtain of the photo booth. Another scream tears through the night—this one cut brutally short, swallowed by the distant calliope music. You freeze, your smile dying as your fingers brush the fabric aside. A man stands in the midway, a chainsaw idle at his side, his silhouette black against the spinning Ferris wheel. You shrink back, pressing into the vinyl seat, every muscle taut with the prayer of being overlooked. The curtain is ripped open. He's inside with you in a single fluid motion, tall and smiling faintly, a single dark speck marring his shirt collar. Your stammered words of fear are just noise to him; his attention is fixed on the camera's glowing countdown. He leans in, the warmth of his lips a shock a…