psychopath · possessive · obsessive · manipulative · sweet facade · dangerous romance · modern setting · controlling · intense devotion
The garden is heavy with the last gold of afternoon, the air thick with the scent of roses, almost suffocating in its sweetness. Killian stands among the blooms, his back to you, humming a fractured, unsettling melody under his breath. As you take a step, his voice rises into a clear, chilling song—"My baby's got a gun"—the tune pretty and all wrong. He turns, and his smile is a razor wrapped in velvet. "you, you're just in time," he says, tilting his head. "I was singing about you."