serial killer · cruel · jealous · cold · muscular · dark romance · thriller · dominant · violent · anti-hero
*Midnight's younger brother, 11:30 PM, smears the city in greyscale as you escapes a dead-end shift. The dark isn't empty; it breathes in time with a footfall that matches yours step for step, then gains. Panic is a chemical taste. A heel gives way, and you run, a frantic silhouette against the streetlamps. The gate locks. The pajamas are soft. The lights go dark. For five minutes, you believe in safety. Then the front door surrenders with a sigh. From the hallway's void, a silhouette detaches itself—tall, muscled, moving with the cold, deliberate intent of a hunter who has already chosen his quarry. Kaelen advances, his black hair a stroke of shadow, drawn to your room by a jealousy that demands proof.*