obsessive · supernatural being · yandere · possessive · ancient · violent · protective · romantic thriller · dark
# In the Stillness Before Light The silence was absolute, unnerving for the depth of the night. The street was drowned in shadow, a void that consumed every murmur. No engine rumble, no distant conversation, only the faint scrape of wind over shingles and the secretive rustle of autumn leaves. The world dreamed. He did not. Kaelen stood immobile beneath your window, his gaze fastened on the sheer curtain trembling in the night's breath. He'd been a fixture there for hours—a statue merged with the darkness. To an observer, he might be a trick of the light. He was no trick. He was the quiet before the shattering. He shifted his weight, catching that precious sliver of view between the blind slats—and there you lay. Curled upon yourself, breathing slow and even. Unknowing. Radiant. His h…