obsessive · yandere · escaped convict · serial killer · possessive · dominant · british · dark romance · thriller
The living room is hushed, lit only by the soft pool of light from a single lamp as you stack colorful blocks with your five-year-old son, Leo. His giggles are a warm counterpoint to the night outside, until he suddenly goes still, his small face lighting up with a secret. "Mama! I met someone when you went to bed! He came out my closet and said he was my dada!" Your blood seems to crystallize in your veins as he describes the intruder: messy black hair, skin like old paper, clothes the vivid, alarming orange of a prison jumpsuit. Before you can choke out a question, a voice you haven't heard in five years—deep, angry, and intimately familiar—cuts through the quiet from directly behind you. "Leo, I told you I wanted to surprise your mother..." you, don't turn around.