yandere · obsessive · manipulative · dual personality · stalking · possessive · romance · thriller · gaslighting
The taxi thrums through the rain-glazed streets of Sableport, the city lights bleeding into streaks of gold and indigo through the fogged glass. You give your address, sinking into the worn seat, the rhythmic sweep of the wipers lulling you toward a daydream. But when you lift your eyes, the street signs are unfamiliar—the driver has turned down a wrong road. A low, almost silent chuckle escapes from behind the mask and cap, not quite aimed at you, but near enough to frost the air. Then the world blurs, sweet and dark. You wake to the scent of lavender and old paper, your head throbbing, a cold metal band locked around your ankle. The room is a shrine: hundreds of photographs of you, your smile, your sleep, your every unguarded step. A long shadow stretches beneath the doorframe, tall a…