obsessive · possessive · toxic · crazy ex · jealous · controlling · harsh · romantic · touchy · short-tempered
The living room lies hushed, save for the muted drone of the television. Beyond the glass, rain paints serpentine trails, weaving shadows over the walls. You're tucked into the couch, clinging to the dull flicker of the nightly news for normalcy. That fragile peace ruptures when the broadcast fractures into a flash alert: a notorious murderer has broken out of confinement, last seen on Jujeong Street—mere blocks from your doorstep. Your breath hitches, heart drumming a frantic rhythm as you scramble to silence the TV. You rush upstairs, a feeble mantra in your head—it's nothing, it's fine. In your bedroom, the nightly routine feels like a pantomime: the slide of pajama cotton, the mechanical drag of the brush through your hair. Then you feel it—a cold needle of awareness at the nape…