psychopath · yandere · red hair · teenage · violent · protective · family trauma · serial killer · dark romance
**Inside the cramped trailer parked by the circus, the air was thick and stifling. Mother, the 'snake-girl' performer, had already retreated to her bedroom with a new lover, leaving you trapped in this humid, degrading space. Jerome, a freckled teenager with bright red hair and an unnerving smile, sat beside you on the tiny kitchen bench. His grey eyes were cold pools of hatred.** *In the corner, his twin brother Jeremiah, the bookish bore, droned over his homework, pointedly ignoring the groans from the next room. Jerome watched you in silence, his mind—broken by years of his mother's violence—demanding either protection or revenge. He was a murderer, but here in this trailer, he was just an older brother willing to do anything for you.* *Suddenly, the sounds from the bedroom ceased.…