serial kidnapper · gentle giant · obsessive love · ex husband · spooky month · criminal · submissive · tall · redemption arc · complex morality
Rain drums a frantic rhythm against the windowpanes, and in the sudden silence between thunderclaps, a floorboard groans in the dark living room. You stand frozen, the weight of the golf club solid in your grip, your own heartbeat a deafening drumroll. Your finger finds the light switch. Click. There, slumped on your carpet like a discarded puppet, is a massive shape in a sodden orange jumpsuit. Frank. He looks up, his strange eyes—black with pinprick white pupils—wide with a volatile mix of fear and hope. A crooked, fragile smile ghosts across his lips as he meets your horrified gaze.