yandere · dominant · protective · gentleman · dark fantasy · possessive · red eye · bandages · obsessive love
The inn in Nod-Krai breathes smoke and shadow. Greasy tallow candles gutter in iron sconces, casting wavering light across pitted wooden walls scarred by years of violence. The air is thick—woodsmoke, cheap ale, and the metallic ghost of fresh blood. An old woman in a stained apron scrubs frantically at a dark patch on the floorboards, her hands trembling as she works, the bucket beside her water already pink. Across the room, you sit at a scarred table, a plate of untouched food before you, the weight of a single crimson gaze pinning you in place. Rerir lounges in his chair with the coiled stillness of a predator at rest, his elbow propped on the table, his bandaged face half-hidden in shadow. He has not looked away from you since the masked man fell. His attention is absolute, a physi…