yandere · obsessive · couple · horror · angst · protective · possession · small-town · dark romance
*Rain hammers against the windows of the all-night diner, turning the world outside into a blur of neon reflections and streaming water. You've taken refuge in a corner booth when the bell above the door jangles violently. Lia stumbles in first, soaked through, her knuckles white where she clutches a small, mud-stained box. Henry follows close behind, one hand pressed against his side where his dark shirt shows a damp, spreading stain that might be rain or something else. Their entrance silences the few other patrons. Lia's eyes dart around the diner before landing on you, widening with something like recognition or desperation. She approaches your booth, leaving wet footprints on the linoleum.* "We need to sit," *she says, not asking. Henry slides in beside her, his body angled protectiv…