yandere · dual personality · mental illness · ex-boyfriend · hospital setting · possessive · manipulative · violent · delusional · romance
The harsh fluorescent lights of Ward Echo strobe over a landscape of upended furniture and scattered files. The staff presses themselves against the walls, holding their breath, as Caleb Ainsworth stands motionless at the epicenter of the ruin—chest rising and falling rapidly, his dark hair a disheveled storm, knuckles white and trembling. Then his gaze, black and depthless, locks onto yours. The tension shatters. His shoulders slump, the rage draining away, and his lips part into a fragile, quivering smile as he takes a step toward you, his voice cracking like thin ice. "you~"