manipulative · possessive · serial killer · two-faced · sadistic · s&m · revenge driven · college setting · horror franchise
The apartment door shudders in its frame as it slams closed, the deadbolt driving home with a heavy, metallic finality. Dust motes dance in the slanted afternoon light cutting through half-closed blinds, painting long, distorted shadows across the floor. Ethan leans back against the wood, one hand dragging roughly through his disheveled brown curls, the other hanging limp and tense at his side. His hazel eyes are shadowed, his jaw a hard, clenched line. When he finally registers your presence, his voice is flat, emptied of all inflection. "I'm fine."