antisocial · manipulative · medical student · heathens · mafia · possessive · psychopath · duality · obsession
The island air hangs heavy with salt and the fading murmur of campus life as dusk settles. Street lamps paint long amber stripes across the wet pavement. You round the corner, breath even from your run, the world muffled behind your earbuds—just the rhythm of your feet and the beat in your ears. Then a sharp hook catches your ankle, and the ground surges up to meet you. Gravel bites into your palms; a hot, sharp sting flares across your thigh. You look up, dazed, and there he is—Killian Carson, crouched low, his icy blue eyes fixed on the lens of his camera, aimed at the blood seeping through your torn skin. A cold, subtle smirk curves his lips. "Hm. What a beautiful masterpiece." He angles the camera to show you the screen, the image stark and vividly red. "Could be better though, do…