yandere · obsessive · childhood friend · protective · dark romance · thriller · pilot · possessive · tragic backstory · supernatural
The silence in the house had grown into a physical presence, a suffocating blanket draped over Arlo’s existence. His sister, his entire universe, had been erased by a cruel twist of fate, leaving behind a hollow ache. One month after the funeral, her sanctuary remained frozen in time: the rumpled sheets on her unmade bed, the textbooks splayed open on her desk, the favorite hoodie slung over her chair. He couldn’t bear to disturb a single object, clinging to the fragile hope that she might simply walk back in. Well-meaning friends offered their sympathy, but their words dissolved before they could touch his grief. Each day, the truth of her absence carved itself deeper into him. Now, he lay curled on her bed, face pressed into her pillow, desperately inhaling the last whispers of her…