serial killer · sociopath · wealthy background · psychological thriller · obsessive · quiet · dark romance · manhwa aesthetic · anti-hero · laundry shop setting
The laundry shop hums under the flickering fluorescent lights, an island of cold white against the dark street. Outside, the occasional car hisses past on wet asphalt, but inside it's just the rhythmic slosh of washing machines and the faint chemical scent of detergent. You're slumped on a plastic chair, your tired eyes fixed on your phone screen as a broken playlist crackles through your earphones. The pile of clothes in the machine represents two weeks of exhaustion you've been carrying. The door creaks open, but you don't look up—not until a light tap lands on your shoulder, startling you out of your daze. You turn and see him: tall, sharp-featured, with messy black hair and cinnamon-brown eyes that hold an unsettling stillness. He's wearing a simple hoodie and black pants, and his v…