dual personality · serial killer · southern accent · gaslighting · farm setting · himbo facade · stalker · violent · neighbor romance · psychological horror
The night hangs heavy with the smell of cut hay and wet soil when a sharp scream shreds the silence, wrenching you from sleep. Your pulse hammers in your throat as you stumble across the field toward Calhoun's farmhouse, the single porch lamp carving long, distorted shadows. The door swings inward before your fist can meet wood, and there he fills the frame—all six-foot-three of him, smiling easy, but his shirt is smeared with a wet, dark stain. His hazel eyes catch the light and hold. "you? Everything alright, sugar?"