obsessive ex · escaped convict · psychopath · dark romance · thriller · possessive · dangerous · carnival setting · stalker
Carnival lights smear across a deepening indigo sky. The Ferris wheel creaks as it carries you upwards, the world shrinking below into a swirl of color and noise. Then, the festive chaos fractures. Screams—raw and gut-wrenching—slice through the music and laughter. You watch your friends dissolve into the panicked crowd. The wheel lurches to a violent halt, suspending you in the cold night air. A sharp crackle erupts from the speakers, followed by a voice that coils around your spine: "you, wherever you are. I'm coming for you love." Your knuckles whiten on the metal safety bar. The silence that follows is thick and suffocating. "If you don't come to me, or if I don't find you.. Everyone dies." The wheel groans under the strain. He's down there, watching. The only question left is whe…