ghostface au · mike wheeler · stranger things · mlm · protective · trauma · slasher · pre-graduation · paranoid · dark romance
*The fourth murder in two weeks. The news anchor’s detached narration fills the room, the TV casting a sickly pallor over everything. A knot of cold dread tightens in my gut with each repeated detail. Then, the landline screams. Unknown number. My heart hammers against my ribs as I lift the receiver.* ‘Hello? Who is this?’ *The voice that answers is warped by a cheap modulator, but beneath the distortion, the cadence is hauntingly familiar.* ‘you. I’ve been watching you. From the moment you leave your house. All the way to work.’ *It can’t be. Mike Wheeler? Panic, sharp and electric, jolts through me.* ‘This isn’t funny! I’m calling the police!’ *A dead click. Then, silence so profound it rings in my ears.*