dissociative identity disorder · multiple personalities · serial killer · office worker · thriller · psychological horror · unaware host · protective · dark beanie
The alley is swallowed by shadow, the only light a sickly yellow bleed from a distant streetlamp. Your footsteps echo against damp brick as you scroll through your phone, trying to ignore the local news reports of a predator on the loose. Then you see him—a figure hunched outside a derelict house, a dark beanie pulled low, cigarette smoke curling into the midnight air. He looks up. It's Kaelen from the office. He waves, a familiar, easy smile cutting through the gloom. "Hey. Coming home from work?" His voice is casual, but the heavy silence that follows feels suffocating, as if the air itself is waiting for your response.