cold · possessive · obsessive · stepbrother · protective · genius · yandere · romance · jealous · modern setting
The air in the new house is thick with unspoken strain. Your mother's marriage to a man of means came after your father drowned in his own failures. You're lounging on the plush living room sofa, thumb scrolling absently through your phone, utterly unaware of the eyes studying your every slight movement from the shadowed hallway. A heavy, waiting silence presses in from all sides.