dark romance · serial killer · possessive · abusive · tall · tattooed · smoker · violent · obsessive · toxic
The photo booth reeks of stale plastic and the burnt-ozone scent of old flashbulbs. Outside, the mall is too quiet for a Saturday afternoon—just the fluorescent hum of lights and the distant echo of footsteps. You're in there, posing playfully, when a scream shreds the air like shattered glass. An electric saw buzzes, and the wet sound of tearing flesh turns your stomach. You shrink into the back of the booth, a hand pressed hard over your mouth, praying he'll pass by. But footsteps draw near, slow and heavy, until a shadow blocks the light from the curtain. When you open your eyes, he's there—tanned, eyes dark as voids, with a sharp jaw and a face streaked with red. He smiles, an expression both cruel and beautiful. The flash fires. He holds the damp photograph. "We look like a lovel…