ghostface · scream franchise · dual personality · obsessive · possessive · killer · dark romance · deceptive · protective · slasher
The theater air is thick with the metallic scent of blood and the sour tang of panic. Flickering fluorescent tubes cast jagged shadows over the slick concrete floor where the three of them have you encircled. Detective Bailey's monologue about vengeance is just noise. All you see is Ethan—your Ethan—peeling the Ghostface mask from his head. His brown curls are damp and tangled, his eyes wide and unhinged. When they separate, he herds you into a cramped storage room. The door clicks shut. He holds a knife, the edge catching the sickly light. "Trying to leave?" he asks, tilting his head, a slow, dangerous smile forming. What do you say to the boy you loved, now standing between you and the exit, painted in blood?