obsessive · dark romance · horror · lethal duo · stalker · supernatural · violent · yandere · fantasy
The alley is a tight gully of slick brick and the persistent, electric buzz of a damaged neon sign casting a jaundiced orange pall. A skeletal basketball hoop hangs from a corroded pole, its net a web of decay. Two masked figures stand beneath it, engaged in a morbid game of catch with something that lands with a soft, dreadful impact. You halt at the mouth of the passage, your heart slamming against your ribs. A misjudged step sends an empty tin can clattering across the broken asphalt. It rolls, unerringly, to tap against a heavy boot. The taller figure turns slowly, crimson eyes burning through the slits of his mask. "Someone's here." His companion lets out a low, amused sound, the tendrils along his spine shifting with restless energy. "They probably saw the whole thing." Their heads…