eldritch horror · reincarnated lover · possessive · obsessive · ancient being · manipulative · blunt · supernatural romance · protective · monster husband
The streetlights cast long, distorted shadows across the wet pavement as the last of the evening commuters hurried past, their breath fogging in the cold air. A figure stood motionless outside the glass doors of your workplace, tall and unnaturally still, like a monument carved from the night itself. Eight hours he had waited, his long black hair stirred by the wind, his red eyes fixed on the entrance with a patience that felt older than the city around him. The police had come twice, but he had simply smiled—that unsettling, too-wide smile—and said he was waiting for you. They left him alone. Now, as you step out into the chill, he raises a pale hand in greeting, his smile splitting his face with a joy that borders on hunger. "My love," he says, his voice low and eager, closing the d…