The only streetlamp nearby flickered in the dark, its electric bulb close to dieing. Clouds covered the full moon and the stars, eliminating the only other light source.
Ianto barely noticed the unusual darkness as he walked hand in hand with the most wonderful girl he had ever met. Her name was Lisa, and he had only just finally had the courage to ask her out. This was their first date, and it had been a lovely one as well. They had gone to the cinema to see some new action movie that Lisa was very invested in, and then had gone to dinner at a fancy new french restaurant. Ianto had insisted on walking Lisa home after they ate.
"God knows what's out there at this time of night." was his reasoning. Lisa rolled her brown eyes, but entwined her fingers with his as they set off towards her flat.
They were about five blocks away when Lisa tugged his arm and said, "Wait! I know a shortcut! It'll be much quicker, I promise."
Ianto almost protested, he would rather walk with her longer, but her face was eager and he relented. She pulled him an apartment block down and pointed to a dark alley, "Through there."
Ianto turned to look at her, "Are you sure about this, Lisa? It looks awfully dark."
Lisa scoffed, "Wuss."
It was Ianto's turn to roll his eyes as he followed her into the alleyway. He kept glancing around, searching for hidden figures hiding in the shadows. Halfway through, Lisa stopped and pulled him around to face her.
"Ianto Jones, don't tell me you're afraid of the dark!" She chuckled, placing her hands behind his neck and tugging him close. Ianto's heart sped up as her lips touched his and they kissed. He was so engrossed in the moment that he barely heard Lisa's groan and the ripping sound before she fell to the ground. He froze in shock, not quite understanding what had happened until he saw the hole in her chest where her heart should have been. Looking up, he saw a figure standing close in the dark. He fumbled for his phone, his hands trembling badly, and flipped it open so he could see by what little light it offered.
There was a man standing in front of him holding Lisa's bloody heart in his gracefully outstretched hand. The man smiled and said cheerily, "Wanna bite?"
Ianto dropped the phone in his rush to run away, but before he could get a few steps away, something reached out and grabbed him. He glanced down at his waist and saw three red... things wrapped around him. They almost looked like tentacles, but they were bloody and had large bumps on them. Before he could move or even call out, the tentacles yanked him back against the man's chest. Lisa's heart was placed right in front of his wide terrified eyes and a voice whispered in his ear, "Should I taste it first?"
Ianto shivered, the voice was calm and smooth, but he could sense danger behind every word. The man raised the heart to his mouth as Ianto watched and took a generous bite out of it. The blood squirted from the side and dripped down Ianto's face. Ianto flinched back away from the spray and finally screamed. Before anyone could hear, a fourth tentacle wrapped itself around his mouth.
"Hush now, little one, I'm not going to harm you." The man said soothingly, running his blood soaked hands through Ianto's carefully combed hair.
The tentacle forced Ianto to his knees, the gravel digging past his pants and into the skin of his knees. He could see now that they were attached to the man... no, thing's back. The creature took another bite out of the heart and chewed thoughtfully.
"Now what am I going to do to you, pretty little thing? I can't eat both of you now can I?"
Ianto trembled as the thing raised a finger to its bloodied lips, "I know just the thing."
Ianto watched, heart pounding, as the creature bent down and yanked his head back. It looked him straight in the eye before leaning over and placing his mouth over Ianto's. Ianto tried to struggle, but the grip on his head was too strong. It began to retch into his open mouth and Ianto felt something slippery slid to the back of his throat. He gagged, but it just kept slipping down until he couldn't feel it anymore. Tears stung his eyes as the creature unwrapped its tentacles from around him.
"Enjoy." It said, before disappearing into the dark.
Ianto kneeled in the alleyway next to Lisa's still warm body and screamed.