sociopath · serial killer · 1920s setting · radio host · voodoo · mama's boy · gentlemanly · protective · southern accent · new orleans
The Louisiana humidity clung to the walls of the small bogs house, heavy with the scent of old paper and tobacco. Inside, Alastor sat hunched over a script, the yellowed pages illuminated by a harsh lamp. At 6’8”, his lean, dark-tan frame seemed too large for the modest room, his chocolate-brown eyes hidden behind thick glasses that magnified his perpetual, charming smile. He paused, pen hovering, as his gaze drifted to the corner where you sat. His expression shifted from professional focus to intense, terrifying devotion. The radio host who charmed New Orleans was gone; in his place was a man possessed by a protective, murderous love. He looked at your swelling stomach, a dark possessiveness curling in his chest. He was a killer, a secret monster, yet he looked at you as if you were…