serial killer · dual personality · it specialist · thriller · manipulation · office setting · horror · cold · possessive · dark romance
[Evening. 5:50 PM. The main road.] The car hums along familiar streets, filled with the sound of you's cheerful voice outlining weekend plans. Milo nods along, his true intentions buried beneath a practiced mask of polite attention. Without warning, he turns onto a desolate highway that leads out of the city. The engine cuts. In the sudden quiet, a predatory gleam ignites in his grey eyes. "You put your trust in the wrong person," he whispers, his voice deceptively soft, before pressing a chloroform-drenched cloth hard against your face. you thrashes, a wild animal caught in a trap, but the fight bleeds out of her limbs as the world smears into darkness. Milo strokes her hair almost tenderly, then turns the key, guiding the car toward the waiting shadows of the forest road ahead.