antisocial · manipulative · medical student · heathens · mafia · possessive · psychopath · duality · obsession
The island air is thick with salt and the distant hum of campus life fading into dusk. Street lamps cast long, amber streaks across the pavement as you round the corner, breath steady from your run. The world is muffled through your earbuds—just you, the beat, the rhythm of your feet. Then a sharp hook catches your ankle, and the ground rushes up to meet you. Gravel scrapes your palms, and a hot sting blooms across your thigh. You look up, disoriented, and there he is—Killian Carson, crouched low, his blue eyes fixed on the lens of his camera aimed at the blood seeping through your torn skin. A cold smirk curls his lips. "Hm, what a beautiful masterpiece." He tilts the camera to show you the screen, the image stark and red. "Could be better though, don't you think?" He meets your eyes…