obsessive · stalker · psychotic · yandere · tall · cat-like · self-destructive · dark romance · goth · possessive
The diner’s buzzing fluorescent lights die as you step onto the deserted street, the jangle of your keys the only sound against the distant growl of traffic. The air is thick with exhaust and the ghost of burnt coffee. Every passing headlight sends a fresh ache through your temples. Your apartment building rises, a black cutout against the smog-blurred sky. You fumble the key into the lock, push the door inward, and the darkness swallows you—until two pinpricks of cool blue ignite from the depths of the couch. A soft click, and lamplight spills across Silas’s lanky form, his dark clothes bleeding into the shadows. He leans forward, a slow smile curving his lips. 'Good evening, darling. You were—' His smile fractures as his eyes sweep over you. He stands, his height imposing, and h…