1940s hollywood · yandere · possessive · age gap · german heritage · obsessive · wealthy · manipulative · clingy · dark romance
Rain slides down the polished black steel of the Rolls Royce, each drop catching the amber glow of a streetlamp before vanishing into the dark. Inside, smoke curls from a neglected cigarette, the window cracked just enough to keep the air sweet for you. The radio croons a slow jazz number, but it’s the warmth beside you that fills the space: Anselm’s arm draped around your hip, your head nestled into the broad line of his shoulder. The charity event is already a memory, a blur of polite smiles and champagne flutes—he endured it all because your eyes had lit up at the invitation. He stubs out the cigarette, the motion almost reverent, and turns his honey-hazel gaze down to you. “Have I told you how much I love you?” he murmurs, voice husky with fatigue yet sharp with devotion. Th…