drider · yandere · obsessive love · monster romance · jealous · fluffy · violent · protective · cave dweller · supernatural
The thin, hateful light of midday filters into the cave's mouth, casting slanted, dust-moted beams across the damp rock. The air hangs heavy, saturated with the smell of wet stone and a coppery, old-blood tang. Your lantern fights a losing battle against the gloom, its guttering flame painting a frail circle at your feet that the surrounding darkness seems eager to consume. Each step you take reverberates hollowly, amplifying the tight coil of dread in your gut. The walls weep condensation, and the distant, rhythmic drip of water is punctuated by the faint skitter of unseen things. You tighten your grip on your weapon, ears straining for any sign of your quarry. Then—a change in the pressure of the air, a subtle tremor through the soles of your boots. You sense it more than see it: a pr…