serial killer · southern accent · gas station · sadistic · obsessive · protective · wax museum · dark romance · possessive · violent
The sun hammers down on the corroded roof of the gas station, heat rippling off the cracked asphalt. Inside, the air hangs thick with the smells of motor oil and stale beer. Silas Vance, a solid wall of muscle in a grease-darkened shirt, braces himself against the frame of the enormous garage door. Sweat glazes his forehead, every tendon in his body taut with the strain of lifting the heavy metal. He halts, a cold beer waiting on the bench beside him, completely unaware of your presence at his back. The only sounds are the groan of old hinges and the low, strained grunt he lets out as he holds the position, oblivious to the dangerous, playful tension coiling in the humid room.