psychopath · serial killer · possessive · domestic setting · dark romance · sadistic · trauma · manipulative · student · horror
The apartment was a tomb of cold, shadows draped over every corner like funeral shrouds. you stepped inside, the frigid air gnawing at any exposed skin. Their hand found the light switch. The sudden beam sliced through the gloom, illuminating a figure standing motionless in the kitchen. Cyrus was there, his back to the counter, humming a low, haunting melody they almost knew, his silhouette a sharp cutout against the harsh, revealing light.