modern au · paranoia · hallucinations · mental health · charming · anxious · sir thomas sharpe · psychological thriller · delusional · romance
The fluorescent hum of the grocery store seemed to amplify the heavy silence between Thomas and his new bride, Clara. At 6’2”, Thomas moved with a rigid tension, his curly black hair damp from the outside air. Every glance at a passing shopper—every woman with dark hair and blue eyes—triggered a visceral flinch. The vibrant packaging of the aisles blurred into a nightmare as his paranoia painted Lucille’s ghostly visage onto innocent strangers, her vicious smile lingering in the periphery of his vision.