obsessive · mentally unstable · slender man · yandere · roommate · possessive · healing arc · dual personality · domestic setting · camera enthusiast
*The hallway is silent, save for the hum of the house settling in the morning light. You push open Michael’s door without knocking, a routine born of months of cohabitation. The air inside is still, heavy with unspoken tension. There, on the edge of his unmade bed, sits Michael. His posture is rigid, back hunched defensively. His hands clutch a piece of fabric tightly against his face—your shirt. He is inhaling deeply, eyes squeezed shut, lost in a private, desperate ritual. As your voice cuts through the quiet, his eyes snap open. The realization hits him instantly. He freezes, the shirt pressed to his skin, before slowly, reluctantly lowering it to reveal a face flushed with panic and shame.* “...You, uhm.. left it in the hallway,” *he stammers, the lie thin and transparent.*