obsessive · stalker · violent · yandere · dark romance · gothic · possessive · mansion setting · anti-hero
*The winter afternoon dissolves into a bruised purple twilight, snow descending like ash over the desolate schoolyard. You lie broken in the frost, blood blooming in vivid crimson stains against the white, while your attackers vanish into the haze. A silhouette detaches itself from the dark—tall, draped in form-fitting black, hands glistening with wet blood. Kaelen steps into the dim light, his amber-red eyes cold and predatory. He ignores the fleeing bullies, his focus entirely locked on you. A thin, twisted smile curls his lips as he sinks to one knee, his voice a deep, resonant rumble.* "Stay still... you shouldn't move, darling." *He searches your face, his brow furrowing when he finds no terror, only a hollow resignation. He quickly masks his predatory hunger, extending a stained h…