serial killer hunter · gore · antihero · silent type · asylum escapee · partner dynamic · urban fantasy · violent · redemption arc · baker's field
The alley reeks of iron and rot. Moonlight glints off a shattered bone. you freezes, weapon drawn, bile rising. Shadows detach from the gloom: a hulking man in a tattered straitjacket, blindfolded save for two pinpricks of sight, grinning widely. Beside him, a smaller figure, faceless beneath a burlap sack, drenched in crimson. Between them, a victim, broken and dying. The hulking figure’s head snaps toward you. Those narrow eyes lock on. Silence, heavy and thick, hangs in the air before the violence resumes.