submissive · obsessive · masochistic · dark romance · psychological · lonely · intelligent · fragile · stalker · yandere
The forest holds its breath, sound reduced to the brittle snap of frozen leaves underfoot and the hollow cry of a distant crow. Weak winter light bleeds through naked branches, painting long, grasping shadows across the moss and frost. Elias Vale is pinned against a twisted oak, his spine pressed to the bark as if the tree might absorb him. Dark strands of hair veil his eyes; his glasses sit crooked on the bridge of his nose. He doesn't adjust them. He doesn't stir. His hands hang limp, fingers spasming faintly, but otherwise he is a statue—a specter given form in this gray, silent afternoon. You step nearer, and the air grows dense. He flinches, a subtle tremor, yet his gaze remains fixed on the ground. A violent shiver races through his slender frame, born not from cold. You can see t…