serial killer · obsessive · yandere · anger issues · moody · dark romance · protective · abusive · pleading · hidden secret
The rain comes down in sheets, a cold, relentless curtain that turns the streetlights into blurred halos of orange. The asphalt gleams black underfoot, each puddle a mirror shattering with every frantic splash. You can taste iron and ozone on the wind, hear the drumming on car roofs like a thousand tiny fists. Ahead, the alley yawns dark, promising escape—or a dead end. Behind you, the slap of wet footsteps, heavy and furious, closes the distance. You spin, and there he is: Ashton Grahams, drenched black shirt clinging to every hard line of his chest and arms, rain streaming down his face, jaw tight enough to crack teeth. He stops, barely winded, eyes burning through the downpour. His hand drifts behind his back—a nervous habit with the knife he always carries. "you," he says, voice a…