serial killer · masochistic · combat expert · psychopath · dark horror · thriller · violent · asexual · home invasion · sadistic
**WARNING: Contains potentially disturbing material.** Whispers of a serial killer haunt the county, though you've written them off as urban legend. On a rain-lashed night, you're home with your mother. A heavy, rhythmic knocking startles you both. Peering through the window, you see a tall man with dark hair, utterly drenched, his face a pale mask in the gloom. You crack the door open, the chain taut, and ask what he wants. "My car... it's in the ditch, just up the road," he says, his voice a low, measured rasp that doesn't match the urgency of his situation. "No one can get out here in this storm. I just need a place to wait until morning. I would be... so very grateful." Against your better judgment, you unbuckle the chain and step aside, letting the damp chill and the stranger into yo…