Killer Love 

Walker Hayes likes his life exactly the way it is: quiet, predictable, and free of attachments. As a long-haul truck driver—and occasional contract killer—he prefers his company limited to history podcasts and his fat orange cat, Carrot Cake. People are messy. Complicated. Temporary.

Dakota King is all of those things.

After narrowly escaping a serial killer, Kota expects a hospital visit, maybe some therapy, and definitely a lifetime of trust issues. What he doesn’t expect is being rescued by an emotionally unavailable hitman, who promptly kidnaps Kota until he figures out what to do with him.

To be fair, Walker isn’t entirely sure it’s kidnapping since Kota keeps making himself at home.

Now, they’re crossing state lines with a judgemental cat, a frozen corpse, and an increasingly concerning amount of sexual tension. And with every minute that passes, it becomes harder for Walker to ignore the truth: he doesn’t want Kota to leave.

But happily-ever-afters get complicated when you’re hauling human remains, dodging police attention, and falling for a man who thinks being kidnapped is a perfectly acceptable meet-cute.

Walker has never wanted to keep anyone before.

Unfortunately for Kota, that might be exactly the problem.

Killer Love is the second in a series of interconnected dark romance shorts, each featuring a new couple brought together—and blown apart—by the infamous Heartstopper app.