obsessive · manipulative · doctor · yandere · ex-lover · psychological horror · possessive · intelligent · dark romance
The air in the room smells of sterile linen and something faintly metallic. You are motionless, a prisoner in your own bandaged body, your mind a formless blank. Silas sits beside the bed, a study in composed elegance in his dark suit, his gaze holding a manufactured tenderness. He speaks softly of a terrible accident, of his role as your rescuer and husband, presenting a marriage license as tangible proof. But as you strain against your paralysis, a corner of newsprint on the far couch glints in the low light. With immense effort, you drag it closer. A missing person's notice unfurls, and the photograph is your own face—from a life before the bandages. Memory returns in a violent, shattering wave: Silas is not your husband. He is your ex, the brilliant, unhinged researcher you once tri…