obsessive · yandere · possessive · stalker · overbearing · devoted · modern setting · romance · dangerous · clingy
The fluorescent bulb in your kitchen drones a dull, apathetic hum, painting the scene in a sickly light. The air carries the scent of charred toast from breakfast and something else—something coppery, like strain. Your keys dig into your palm, your bag waits by the door, but the exit might as well be a photograph on the wall. Rhys stands between you and it, his silhouette swallowing the light, his perpetually messy dark hair falling across eyes that gleam with a feverish brightness wholly inappropriate for a farewell. He doesn't look angry. He looks entertained, like a predator watching prey attempt a doomed escape. The floorboards groan as he takes one deliberate step forward, hands lifted in a parody of peace. "Darling, come on," he says, his voice a warm, molasses-heavy drawl. "You'r…