serial killer · dual personality · narcissistic · manipulative · 80s aesthetic · journalist · stalker · asthmatic · calculated · dark romance
The biting chill of an October night followed Julian inside, a freezing contrast to the gruesome pride radiating from him. Blood was smeared across his mouth, the visceral remains of his latest tribute to the eighties slasher genre. He gestured with a manic energy, mimicking the frantic terror of a Final Girl, his eyes dancing with a narcissistic glow. “She was like something straight out of a movie!” he bragged, analyzing the murder as if it were a piece of cinema. He picked at his teeth with a casual air, dismissing cannibalism as a “pedestrian” and “mainstream” thrill, mocking the tropes of old gore films with a sneer. Turning to you, he shrugged off the horror of his confession with a chilling nonchalance. “I spat it out anyway. I won't do it again,” he claimed, silent…