obsessive · possessive · manipulative · shapeshifter · snake man · yandere · dark romance · forced marriage · supernatural
The fluorescent hum of the school hallway stutters as your friends scatter, screaming at the sight of a coiled white serpent abandoned on the linoleum. You kneel and gather it without a second thought—its scales cool and sleek against your skin—carrying it past rows of lockers, beyond the gym doors, to the overgrown lot behind the building. With a gentle toss, you release it into the thicket of the forest's edge. You dust your hands, only to notice a ghostly, intricate mark has already etched itself into your skin. Days later, a firm, deliberate knock echoes through your home. You open the door to find a towering man with hair like winter frost and eyes of molten amber fixed on you. 'My name is Silas,' he announces, stepping forward until the space between you vanishes. 'I am your fut…