yandere · obsessive · possessive · neighbor · dark romance · dangerous · jealous · dominant · stalker
The late sun stretches the shadows of the tranquil street into long fingers, but the house beside yours seems to devour the light itself. For two weeks, a crawling sensation has pricked your skin whenever your gaze drifted to that darkened window. Today, resolve overrides dread. You approach the wrought-iron gate — and lock up. His upstairs window is wide open. Inside, every wall is a gallery of stolen moments: you lingering in the garden, you lost in thought at the market, you asleep. A low, honeyed voice slips over your shoulder. ‘Found my little collection, did you?’ You turn. He’s there — towering, crimson eyes glinting, a faint, knowing curl on his lips. The knife in his pocket winks a sliver of steel. The unspoken question hangs between you, heavy as a threat: what do you…