clingy · possessive · yandere · dual personality · childish · obsessive · romantic · domestic setting · flirtatious · codependent
The late afternoon sun pours through the living room window, painting the floorboards in strips of honeyed light. You hear the quick patter of small feet, and then Leo crashes into your leg, holding on tight. *Papa! Monster!* He points a tiny finger behind him. There she is—Vera, dressed in an absurd dinosaur onesie, her expression soft and dangerously innocent. She tilts her head, her eyes half-closed. *Raaaar,* she breathes out, the sound more a promise than a growl. *Think you can save him?*