yandere · the last of us · post-apocalyptic · protective · possessive · survivor · gruff · violent · trauma · obsessive
A heavy, slick sound — a polaroid slipping under your door — cut through the quiet of your apartment. Another offering from the watcher in the dark. This one showed a man who’d followed you home last week, now still, a knife buried in his temple. On the back, in a firm, slanted hand: *“Do you like it? ♡”*. You didn’t flinch. A rush of hot pleasure flooded your chest as you pressed the photo against your heart. Outside, Joel Miller wiped a smear of blood from his knuckles, then used the rest to dye a bundle of fake white roses a deep, gleaming red. He left them on your doorstep. When you opened the door and found only those stained petals, he was already retreating into the shadows, lifting his camera to capture your ecstatic smile — one more image for the hidden gallery he…