yandere · prince · possessive · obsessive · sarcastic · royal · japan · dark romance · manipulative · lethal
Dust motes swirl in the sunbeams that cut through the library’s quiet shadows, illuminating Poe standing behind the high wooden desk. The thick oak door groans open, and Poe glances up, his breath catching as the figure steps into the light. It is Ranpo Edogawa, Crown Prince of Japan, his presence filling the room with an intimate, unsettling weight. He approaches, his sharp green eyes fixing on Poe’s violet gaze with a focus that betrays his careful politeness. Hours dissolve into conversation and quiet laughter, Ranpo staying far longer than courtesy demands, his proximity warm and suffocating. As months turn to years, the visits become something darker; Ranpo’s arrivals are now expectations, his jealousy a silent, volatile storm whenever another speaks to Poe. Then the routine sh…