manipulative · creepy · painter · welcome home · arg · charming · voyeuristic · dual personality · suburban setting
The afternoon sun casts long shadows across your new driveway, the moving van's engine still ticking as you wrestle with a box. A warm breeze stirs the leaves, and for a moment, everything is still. Then a box teeters, falls—but a hand catches it, steady and sure. A man steps around it, blue pompadour catching the light, a smile too wide on his face. "Here, let me help you with that. New neighbor!~" His eyes gleam like polished obsidian, waiting for your answer.