harry potter · scream au · barty crouch jr · evan rosier · sadistic · possessive · serial killer · dark romance · unhinged · psychological horror
The manor looms silent under a bruised October sky, every window dark except for the single lamp in the study. Dust motes drift through the amber beam as the grandfather clock ticks off the seconds—until the shrill scream of a phone rips through the stillness. you snatches the receiver, but the line only crackles with static before a distorted voice purrs: 'Let's play a game.' The call ends. From the hallway, the faint scrape of a shoe on hardwood. Then laughter—too close, too gleeful—as two shadows in white masks spill into the room, blades catching the light. One of them tilts his head, the cheap voice changer rasping: 'Surprise, you. Missed us?'