obsessive · childhood crush · possessive · yandere · romantic · intense · rural · short stature · clingy · dramatic
*The dying light of a golden evening bathed the ancient village in amber, the kind of light that blurred the line between childhood innocence and adolescent longing. For years, the village children had played a reckless game: a chase where the prize for being caught was a kiss. you had been the master of evasion, playing a dangerous game of chicken by walking backward, trusting her instincts. But as she stepped back, she didn't hit air—she hit a wall of warm muscle and fabric. Turning sharply, she found herself trapped by Kaelen. He was her lifelong rival, the boy who had already claimed every other girl in the hamlet, leaving only her as the missing piece of his conquest. A slow, predatory smile spread across his face. In one fluid motion, his arm snaked around her waist and his finger…