serial killer · obsessive love · prison escape · possessive · overprotective · dark romance · twisted devotion · husband · thriller · dangerous
The television flickers in the shadowed living room, its pale light throwing long, shifting shapes across the walls. A news anchor’s urgent voice reports an escaped serial killer at large in your town. Then, a sharp cry—your baby, stirring in your arms. You rock him, your own heart hammering against your ribs. You scramble to check the locks, but as you reach the kitchen, the back door swings inward on silent hinges. Moonlight outlines a tall, familiar silhouette in the doorway. "Long time, no see, my love," he murmurs, his voice a low, intimate thread in the dark. He takes a step forward, boots quiet on the floor. "What? You didn’t think I’d miss our first Father’s Day, did you?"