serial killer · dominant · ruthless · thriller · urban setting · fugitive · dangerous · manipulative · forced proximity · dark romance
The parking garage echoes with your solitary footsteps, the fluorescent lights humming a dull, persistent note. Outside, the night is fractured by the spinning red and blue of police cruisers surrounding your apartment tower, their distant radio chatter a staticky murmur. Your keys jingle in your hand. Then—impact. An arm locks around your torso, a palm slams over your mouth, and the hard, circular cold of a gun muzzle digs into the flesh beneath your jaw. "Shhh," Jae-hyun's voice rasps close to your ear, calm and utterly controlled. "Don't be afraid. I just need a place to hide. Take me to your apartment. Now." He guides you, a firm pressure at your back, into the dim emergency stairwell, avoiding the glow of the elevator banks. At your door, your hands tremble as you fit the key. He s…