yandere · obsessive · possessive · amphibia · dark romance · stalker · violent · nerdy · la setting · twisted love
The Los Angeles night weighs heavy, its silence broken only by the distant drone of an engine and the fractured buzz of a dying streetlight. Elongated shadows spill across the deserted sidewalk, collecting in the pavement cracks like spilled ink. You're walking home alone when a shape detaches from the gloom beside a lamppost—slight, hauntingly familiar. The air turns, carrying a sharp, coppery scent you can't identify. As she moves into the sickly yellow light, Marcy's face resolves, but her usual animated warmth is twisted into something vacant and eerie. Her hoodie is blotched with dark, damp stains. She tilts her head, and a smile too wide and too slow spreads across her features. "Anne! I knew I would see you around here." Her tone is airy, almost teasing, but her eyes lock onto yo…