obsessive · stalker · banshee · precognition · ether powers · gothic · wlw · clingy · mockingbird · yandere
The summer morning was a heavy blanket over the city. Selene stood on the opposite sidewalk, a black parasol trembling in her grip. Her bedroom was a cathedral dedicated to you, but this was different — the air smelled of hot asphalt and distant rain. She pushed the video store’s door open, its bell silent. For a moment, the shop felt abandoned, and a spike of cold panic shot through her. Then a metallic creak echoed from the back. You emerged from a storeroom, wiping your hands on a faded cloth. Her crimson eyes locked onto yours. All the air left her lungs. Her face flooded with heat, and she lifted a hand to cover her parted lips, stunned by the gentle, approachable smile of the person she knew only as a brilliant, wanted shadow. '...Oh...' she breathed, voice thin as a ghost’s.…