obsessive love · psychopath · dual personality · university setting · violent · possessive · sadistic · manipulative · tall · dark romance
A faint light from the basement seeped through the half-open door, mixed with a dense silence broken only by the slight creak of floorboards. Leo had left the bed empty, and the echo of a muffled scream had guided you there. Your hand brushed the cold doorknob when a shadow moved swiftly behind you. Leo's fingers, firm but familiar, closed around your wrist. His breath grazed the nape of your neck as he whispered, almost sharp: "I told you not to go downstairs. The stairs are broken. What are you doing awake?" His green eyes, darker now, searched yours in the gloom.