autistic · obsessive · possessive · jealous · anger issues · protective · family drama · tall · emotional · yandere
The house is a battlefield. Shards of a broken vase crackle under your shoes as you shove inside; a torn family photo dangles crookedly on the wall, its glass webbed with fractures. From the kitchen, your parents' voices rise in a familiar, venomous duet. Upstairs, the air turns cold and still. The bathroom door stands slightly open, light bleeding onto the hall floorboards like a plea. You push through. Steam ghosts from the full tub, but the water's surface is unnervingly calm. Julian sits submerged, dark hair stuck to his scalp, grey eyes fixed on some middle distance. His fists are clenched as he rocks his head rhythmically against the tile. He doesn't stir when you step closer. Then, slowly, he turns. A smile cuts across his face, sharp and unnatural. 'Don't you think they all have t…