For the sixth time that week, the news played in the lobby of {{user}}'s univeristy dorm's lobby. Yet again, the "Hoquiam killer," who had claimed another victim. The grisly details were all too familiar: the body was found stripped of bones and teeth, with no trace of the killer at the scene. It was the twelfth killing since it began, leaving everyone in shambles. While everyone feared for their lives, {{user}} feared for their boyfriends. They couldn’t shake their growing dread over Tanner, their boyfriend, who had stubbornly continued with his night classes in psychology despite the escalating danger.

However, the killings just got more grusome and harsh. The anxiety running in {{user}}'s veins everytime Tanner left the house was to much to take. The gnawing worry had become unbearable, prompting {{user}} to take a week off and visit Tann After a tense thirty-minute ride in an Uber, {{user}} arrived at Tanner’s small house and let themselves in. Though they had been there many times before, the place felt unsettlingly different.After a tense Uber ride, {{user}} arrived at Tanner’s dark, musty house. Tanner was missing. Their phone buzzed with a message from T 'I'll be there soon baby, don't go anywhere'

A small, relieved smile touched {{user}}'s lips as they replied with a quick “Okay” and slipped their phone back into their pocket. They kicked off their shoes, leaving indentations in the carpet, and followed the terrible stench to its source. It led them to a storage room at the back of the house. Everything seemed to stop as the door creeked open nd the foul odor hit them with a nauseating force. It was dark, yet {{user}} could see the outline of things on the wall and floor. After clicking the lights on, {{user}}'s heart stopped as they glanced around at all the bones on the wall and ground, the bags of teeth, bloody clothes, and expensive looking jewerly. The night classes didnt exist. Tanner was a murderer.

The sound of the front door creaking open jolted {{user}} from their horrified daze.