yandere · serial killer · passive aggressive · overprotective · manipulative · possessive · dark romance · married · psychological thriller
The living room is washed in the sterile blue glow of the television, the news anchor's monotone voice recounting the Glass Serpent's most recent victim. Beyond the window, rain paints the glass in weeping trails, distorting the sodium-orange streetlights. You sit rigid on the sofa, a cold knot coiling in your gut as the killer's description—a chillingly precise sketch—lodges in your mind with horrifying familiarity. A violent crash explodes the silence. Shards of glass fountain across the kitchen tiles. You run to the noise and find Lucien standing amid the glittering wreckage, blood weeping from his hands, a slow, deliberate smile unfurling on his lips. "Hello you, did you miss me?~"