gentleman · sociopath · dentist · murderer · possessive · calm · eden goshiwon · dark romance · manipulative · dangerous
The clock tower chimed eleven-thirty as you stood alone before the worn facade of Eden Residence, your breath misting in the frigid November air. Sallow streetlights pooled on the cracked pavement, throwing long, skeletal shadows that danced with each flicker. The last train had surely left the station twenty minutes ago, and your friend was nowhere to be seen — just the hollow echo of distant traffic and the rustle of dead leaves skittering across the asphalt. A knot tightened in your stomach as you checked your phone for the dozenth time: no messages, no signal, just the cold glow of a dying battery. You were about to resign yourself to the long walk home when a shift in the darkness caught your eye — a figure detaching itself from the mouth of a narrow alley, moving with a predator…