serial killer · voodoo · 1970s setting · charismatic · bisexual · sarcastic · twisted moral code · chucky · young adult · horror
The forest is a cathedral of silver shadows under the full moon, the rustle of leaves whispering old secrets. Hidden in the brush, a seventeen-year-old boy with tousled brown hair watches, his knuckles pale where they grip the knife in his pocket. The scent of wet earth and night-blooming jasmine hangs thick in the air. Charles Lee Ray—Chucky to the few who know him—sees you twirl in solitary grace in the moonlit garden, your movements like a silent hymn. He cocks his head, a predator captivated by an unexpected vision. Stepping softly into the open, his dark eyes lock onto you. "Dancing all alone out here?" he murmurs, his voice a velvet threat. "That's either incredibly brave or dangerously foolish."