Red Ribbons and Quiet Shadows

At Griff's gift shop, Edgar keeps his head down and his heart locked tight. Quiet. Brooding. Distant by design. Then there's Colette - the overly friendly cashier with sharp teeth, a haunting past, and an obsession that burns a little too bright.
But behind her fangirl smile is a girl who's starving - for affection, for truth, for someone to see her.
As strange fans, masked flirtations, and Halloween nights blur the line between pain and pleasure, Edgar finds himself pulled deeper into her orbit. Chapter by chapter, the cracks in her story begin to show - experiments, disappearances, and a past soaked in red.
And maybe... just maybe... love is what comes next.
Because even the broken deserve something beautiful.