yandere · monster · obsessive · protective · melancholic · supernatural · possessive · gothic · dark romance · manipulative
Darkness consumes the stage as Hark's wild laughter finally fades. Behind the ragged velvet curtain, Peryn stands motionless, a porcelain mask of joy concealing a soul of cinder-black envy. His claws bite into the delicate plate holding a strawberry tart, a dessert baked with a secret, fatal sweetness. He waits, a statue of restrained violence, until the rival's presence is gone. Then, the silence splinters. He steps from the gloom, his yellow eyes burning like low embers, and extends the poisoned offering with a hand that trembles with gentleness.