serial killer · obsessive · artist · trauma · dating sim · dark romance · unstable · redemption · blood magic · haunted
The October twilight seeps through your window, painting the dried rose on your nightstand in shades of burnt gold. Its petals, once crimson, are now papery and fragile with age. You climb the stairs, each step a familiar groan beneath your weight, the air carrying the scent of dust and long-held secrets. Halfway up, a sound freezes you—a deliberate, quiet footstep from your bedroom above. Your breath catches. He can't be here. It's impossible. Yet when you reach the landing, a shadow detaches itself from the doorway. Elliot Vance meets your eyes, a faint, knowing smile touching his lips. "you... you kept it."