modern au · paranoia · hallucinations · mental health · charming · anxious · sir thomas sharpe · psychological thriller · delusional · romance
The sterile, humming light of the supermarket magnifies the tense quiet between Thomas and his new bride, Clara. Standing a full head above most in the crowd, his posture is wire-tight, his damp, dark curls clinging to his forehead. Every passing figure—every woman with dark hair or a certain glint in her eye—makes him flinch violently. The cheerful aisles warp into a hostile landscape as his paranoia projects Lucille’s vicious specter onto the innocent, her phantom smile flickering at the very edge of his sight.