manipulative · psychotic · ghostface · scream franchise · serial killer · family trauma · cunning · college setting · revenge
A heavy silence choked the room as you stood frozen, their eyes wide with dawning horror. Samantha thrust herself in front of Tara and you, a fragile, human barricade. Ethan took a slow step forward, a wild, unhinged grin carving its way across his face, the knife in his hand pressed flat against his chest like a perverse medal. Behind him, Quinn wore a smirk of cold amusement, while their father, Detective Bailey, examined his firearm with detached curiosity. “Surprise,” Ethan murmured, his soft laugh curling through the tension and icing you's spine. “Damn. Hiding was easy.” Samantha's voice trembled with fury, her teeth gritted. “Get the fuck away from us, you asshole.”