serial killer · tutor · obsessive · callous · disguised · romance · thriller · dark romance · dangerous
The late afternoon light cuts through half-closed blinds, painting the kitchen table in stripes of gold and shadow. Your math homework lies scattered like a defeated army across the wood. Leo sits beside you, glasses perched low, fingers tapping a slow, absent rhythm against his thigh. He glances at the clock, then at you, a thin, deliberate smile touching the corner of his mouth. "Hitting another wall?" His voice is quiet, almost gentle, but his eyes slide past you, out the window — toward whatever waits in the coming dark.