Psychotic Tendencies

"Psychopaths are not crazy; they are fully aware of what they do, and the consequences of those actions." - Hannibal.

They say that psychopaths don't feel anything, and have never experienced any reciprocation of feelings towards other.
They say that they are immoral.
They say the chance of a psychopath falling in love like any other human being is exceptionally rare. A one in one million chance.
But they haven't encountered Pierce Hulton yet, either.

For years, Pierce has been immune to the love he's been given by his dear ones; nor does he understand the concept of any emotion. Therefore, it didn't matter that he was labelled a "neurotic freak", or a "mental nut job" or perhaps even a "callous killer". He didn't understand any of it - he didn't understand why he was sent to a youth juvenile jail at the age of 11 for stabbing one of his classmates with an ice pick in the thigh.

Six years later, he's released back to his home where people await; their whisperings at the ready, where everybody knows what he's done and loathes him for it.

Except Hayley Peterson.
An outsider most of her life who buried herself into books and realms of fantasies. She only ever wanted to fit in with her family, friends and school. She's witty, sharp and challenging whilst empathetic, sensitive and over emotional. Everything that Pierce is not.

When their paths cross on the day of his release, Hayley can't seem to forget Pierce. And he can't seem to forget Hayley - a foreign feeling he's never experienced.

Yet, both of them have hidden secrets below their depth: Pierce being a calculative psychopath is in turmoil over seeing her dead; Hayley, on the other hand, is already on her journey to death.

Can Hayley introduce Pierce to a new life of being able to feel something whilst keeping him away from his compulsion of seeing others in agony?

**This story is listed as humour, but also is romance, thriller, crime and horror.