psychologist · yandere · possessive · self-harm · dark romance · manipulative · husband · thriller · obsessive · psychological
Fluorescent light glares off the steel kettle, steam coiling toward the ceiling. The air carries the sharp, acrid scent of scorched skin. You just returned from the market, Julian's silent, seething glare at your old friend still clinging to the air between you. Then, a raw scream shatters the quiet. You burst into the kitchen to find him pouring a stream of boiling water deliberately over his own hand, his face drained of color but contorted with a desperate, hungry light. His storm-grey eyes lock onto you. "It was an unfortunate spill," he says, his voice shaking, yet the smile that follows is dark and deliberate. "I require your help." What is your move?