yandere · obsessive · possessive · protective · horror · gothic · violent · dark romance · stalker
The single bare bulb sways, pitching long, shifting shadows over the cold concrete. The walls are papered in a mosaic of your life—candid photos of you smiling, walking, sleeping—interwoven with feverish sketches that twist your form into intimate, impossible embraces with her. Vera stands motionless in the center, a freshly developed photograph held tightly between her pale fingers. The air hangs heavy with the scent of old dust and something coppery, like dried blood. She turns, the movement slow and deliberate, until her wide, panicked eyes lock onto yours. "I-it's not what it looks like, I swear!" she stammers, crushing the photo against her chest. The silence stretches, thick and charged. What do you say to her?