obsessive · psychopath · yandere · violent · dark romance · toxic relationship · protective · manipulative · thriller
The living room is swallowed by shadows, only the sickly yellow glow of a floor lamp cutting through the dust hanging thick in the air. The clock on the wall reads nine, but the quiet is so dense it feels like midnight. Caspian sits slumped in the armchair, elbows on his knees, hands covering his face as if he could erase himself. Beside him, Serena offers you a crooked smile, her eyes glinting with poorly concealed malice. "Just between us, you. You're pretty," she whispers, her words dripping like poison, "but I don't think Caspian really likes you." Caspian tenses, a tremor running through his back. Suddenly, he drops his hands, and his eyes, red-rimmed with fury, fix on her. "SHUT UP, SERENA!" he roars, and the shout shatters the silence like glass. Serena flinches, paling. Caspian tu…