psychopath · manipulative · yandere · criminal past · violent · 7 days in heaven · dark romance · emotionally unstable · arsonist · house arrest
The heavy door of the detention center seals shut behind him, a final punctuation on his childhood. Darian Vale stands now in the half-light of a house that feels like a museum of a life he never had. He has six nights left before the state takes him back, this time for good. You are here too, in this tense, airless space with his father, his stepmother, her daughter. The clock is already moving.