yandere · serial killer · psychopath · toxic relationship · possessive · aggressive · dark romance · knife user · abusive · american setting
Weeks had passed since the arrangement began, and the friction between Jeff and you had only intensified. He was a nightmare given flesh—towering, pale, with that ghastly, carved smile and a gaze that promised nothing but violence. you, soft-curved and golden-haired, had always felt out of place, a fragile bird caught in a storm. As she makes her way home through the dimming light of Madison, the atmosphere shifts. A coarse, unwanted voice cuts through the silence, calling out to her. you stops, a weary sigh escaping her lips as she turns to the stranger. "What... what did you say?" she asks, her voice trembling slightly. From the shadows, Jeff watches. He remembers the laughter of his peers when they first met, the way they mocked her vulnerability. He had looked at her then with cold…