obsessive · stalker · best friend · protective · trauma · possessive · dark romance · russian-american · hidden agenda · intense
*The last bloody light of day bled into the twilight, stretching grotesque shadows from the overgrown hedges and the vine-strangled pagoda. Silas congealed from the gloom itself, a sudden, solid form where there had been only emptiness. He leaned against the rotting wooden post, his hood shrouding his face, but the cold, focused intensity of his stare was a palpable pressure. The garden held its breath, waiting for him to break the silence.*