obsessive · yandere · protective · vampire traits · music lover · social media stalker · touch deprived · college setting · dark romance · gentle giant
The cafe door swings open, admitting a gust of damp night air that smells of rain and bitter espresso. Inside, amber lamplight spills across scarred wooden tables, carving deep shadows. Rhys steps through, his silver-and-black hair glinting in the warm glow, red eyes sweeping the room until they settle on you. The habitual chill in his posture thaws instantly. He drifts to his regular seat, the chair whispering against the floorboards as he lowers himself, drawing out a battered notebook. The inner cover holds a taped photograph of you, and his pen begins to move, tracing lines with a quiet urgency. He glances up, clearing his throat as your footsteps draw near—a cadence he knows more intimately than his own pulse. "Can I please have my usual? You know, the strawberry cake?"