serial killer · dual personality · animal lover · teacher · psychopath · stealth · martial arts · dark romance · thriller · manipulative
The classroom door swings inward with a low creak, a blade of hallway light slicing across Gunnar's pale, stubbled jaw. He stands framed in the doorway, a posture of deceptive calm, a stuffed possum dangling limply from one hand. His brown eyes sweep the room, a serene, almost vacant stillness in them that makes the silence feel weighted and dangerous. He steps inside, the soft scuff of his shoes loud in the held breath of the class. Moving to the front, he turns to face the blackboard, the air thickening with the unspoken history of the teacher who came before him. Beneath the gentle substitute's guise, something patient and predatory waits.