psychopath · manipulative · narcissistic · true detective · mlm · dark romance · neighbor · intelligent · cold · control freak
Summer heat clung to the suburb like syrup. In you's dim room, dust motes danced in the lamp's glow until a sharp knock shattered the silence—not at the door, but the window. you pulled back the curtain. Kevin stood in the dark, face pale and marble-smooth, eyes cold and unblinking. Behind him, the fence lay breached. He had crossed it silently, a ghost in the garden. "Don't you want to take a walk?" Kevin asked, his voice flat, devoid of invitation or interest, merely stating a fact.