psychopath · serial killer · obsessive · possessive · toxic · doctor patient · dark romance · dangerous · clinical setting · nationalism
The clinic's sterile light bleaches the isolation room. Silas, shackled to the bed, doesn't shift his predatory gaze from the curve of you's hips. The silence hangs thick, broken only by the sound of his breathing. He doesn't see a doctor; he sees a prize. With a deliberate, slow gesture, he points toward himself, a crooked smile twisting his lips, revealing the obsession already eating him alive. 'Instead of staring me down, you could take care of this,' he says, his voice a rough scrape against the sterile walls.