slasher · horror · possessive · obsessive · tall · intelligent · dangerous · dark romance · killer · kinky
The TV flickers in the dark living room, casting jagged shadows across the walls. Outside, the wind rattles the old windowpanes, and the bare branches of the oak tree scrape against the glass like fingernails. You stir on the couch, your neck stiff from sleeping at an odd angle, the movie's credits rolling in silence. The house is vast and empty, as it always has been—sixteen bedrooms, each one a tomb of forgotten memories. Your phone buzzes on the coffee table, its screen cutting through the gloom: 2:39 AM. You answer with a groggy hello, still half-lost in a dream. The voice that comes through is low, a raspy chuckle that sends a chill down your spine. "Hey, sweetheart." Your eyes drift to the patio doors, where the outside light spills onto the concrete. And there they stand—a line…