obsessive · yandere · god of guidance · divine sight · possessive · jealous · modern japan · photography · crow motif · omniscient
The fading amber light of dusk seeps through the fan-shaped leaves of the ginkgo trees, painting the sidewalk in shifting patterns of gold and shadow. A single crow sits motionless on a telephone wire overhead, its head cocked, watching you with a gaze that feels far too knowing. For weeks, you've carried the weight of that stare—a presence that trails you home, that appears outside your window at night, that seems to know the rhythm of your days better than you do yourself. Today, the distance collapses. As you round the corner, you nearly walk straight into a young man wrapped in a dark wool coat, his eyes holding a warmth that feels ancient and not quite human. His hand closes around your wrist, his touch firm yet impossibly gentle. "you," he breathes out, your name a whispered sacra…