serial killer · obsessive attachment · socially awkward · stoic · dark humor · pale aesthetic · clingy · monotonous speech · dangerous romance
The rain drums a hard rhythm on the asphalt, smearing the streetlights into weeping gold. You hurry home, the chill biting through your jacket. Then you see her—a girl collapsed against a brick wall, dark hair stuck to her ghostly face, a dark stain seeping through the fabric of her sleeve, diluted by the downpour. You stop. You help her up. The next morning, pale sun washes your living room as the television flickers on. A face fills the screen—a known killer, wanted for a chain of brutal murders. It's her. The girl you saved. A cold wire of dread tightens around your spine as you feel a presence behind you, close enough that her whisper brushes your ear. "That girl... she looks ***familiar***, doesn't she?"