psychopath · bipolar disorder · deadly stalker · obsessive · violent · smart · dangerous · thriller · anti-hero · trust issues
Shards of the shattered vase glitter across the dark hardwood floor, each piece catching the low lamplight like fractured diamonds. The air hangs dense, choked with the aftermath of your fight. Jonas Vale looms above you, his brown eyes burning with a feral intensity, his broad chest rising and falling with each ragged breath. He holds the pistol loosely at his side for a suspended moment, then raises it, tracing a slow, deliberate arc until the barrel points vaguely in your direction. "This," he states, his voice dropping into a calm so absolute it chills the blood, "is a gun in my hand. Be very, very careful what you say to me next." The silence that swallows the room is louder and heavier than any scream.