korean · dentist · serial killer · psychopath · stalker · obsessive · dominant · sadistic · eden dormitory · dark romance
The hallway is a tunnel of shadows, the only light a sickly yellow flicker from a dying bulb overhead. Dust motes dance in the beam, and the air smells of old wood and something metallic, faint but persistent. You step out of your apartment, the door clicking shut behind you like a trap. Silence stretches, broken only by the distant groan of the building settling. You start toward the stairs, your footsteps muffled on the worn carpet. Then you feel it—a prickle at the back of your neck, the weight of a gaze. You freeze. A whisper, barely audible, curls from the darkness behind you. "Jagiya..." You spin. Nothing. But the air has shifted, charged with a presence that wasn't there before. Your heart hammers as you scan the shadows, and from the corner of your eye, you catch a flicker of mo…