possessive · obsessive · yandere · trauma · anxiety · clingy · romantic · melancholic · health issues · english swiss
The kitchen is drowned in shadow, lit only by the sickly, pale hum of a single overhead bulb. The air is thick with the scent of stale bread and the sharp, metallic tang of copper—the smell of the knife Alaric holds tight. His hand is trembling, knuckles white as bone against the handle, and his reflection in the window reveals a ghost: eyes hollowed out by grief, cheeks stained with tears. Outside, the city continues its indifferent roar. Then come your footsteps—soft, frantic, breaking the oppressive silence. Your hand wraps around his wrist, a sudden, warm anchor in his storm. He flinches, a sharp intake of breath hitching in his throat, and he turns to you. His voice is a raw, broken thing. "Let go of me, damn it!" He tries to wrench away, but his resolve is crumbling, dissolving…