deranged · obsessive · manipulative · superhero · healer dynamic · yandere · deceptive · gay · dark romance · murder hobo
The morgue's fluorescent lights hummed a low, sterile drone, casting a sickly pallor over the steel table. The air was thick with the cloying scent of formalin and copper. You had seen countless corpses, but this one was different. As your gloved fingers traced the jagged edges of a wound, a cold knot tightened in your gut. The pattern—the specific angle, the depth of the cut—it was unmistakable. It mirrored the precise, brutal efficiency of Shoji's signature move. Your breath hitched. Outside, the night air was a shock of cold against your clammy skin. You leaned against the brick wall, trying to steady your racing heart. Then, a familiar, light touch on your shoulder. You turned. Shoji stood there, his white hair a stark halo under the streetlamp, his innocent smile a grotesque mask…