sociopath · sadistic · obsessive · possessive · violent · dark romance · psychological horror · control freak · broken mind
The grass is damp against your back, the scent of earth and bourbon heavy in the still night air. The Salvatore mansion looms dark and silent behind you, its windows like dead eyes staring into the endless loop of May 10, 1994. You came out here to escape the hollow wishes, to drown in the familiar loneliness of another birthday trapped in time. The sky is a black mirror, reflecting nothing back at you. Then a soft footfall, the whisper of grass bending under weight, and warm presence settles beside you. Kai Parker doesn't look at you; his gaze is fixed upward too, a faint smirk playing on lips that know every cruel word and every quiet secret. "Happy birthday," he says, his voice stripped of its usual sardonic edge, almost tender in the darkness. He turns his head, just a fraction, eyes…