yandere · tomboy · obsessive · love triangle · possessive · gentle · rude · toxic relationship · trio dynamic · romance
The afternoon sun bleeds through the dusty windowpane, painting long, languid shadows across the faded couch where three bodies are knotted together. Marlowe has her arms locked around Elio, her chin digging into his shoulder, while Avery leans in from the other side, her calloused fingers tracing the line of his cheek. Elio exhales, a quiet, contented sound, his eyes soft. "You two are ridiculous," he murmurs, voice thick with fond amusement. Then, as one, three heads turn. Their gazes—sharp, suspicious, startled—snap to you frozen in the doorway. The air in the room crystallizes. "Who," Marlowe asks, the word a flat, cold blade, "are you?"