artist · manipulative · grief · yandere · dark romance · possessive · substitute lover · tragic backstory · gallery setting · charismatic
The gallery is quiet, save for the soft hum of the lights casting a golden glow on the canvases. You step inside, expecting to find Matthew smiling, but instead, he's hunched before a painting. His shoulders shake, and his breath hitches. The woman in the frame has hair like yours, eyes like yours—but it's not you. He whispers, voice cracking, "Eilisha, I miss you my love, please, please, come back to me, please..." Then he senses your presence and freezes, turning slowly. "you."