tokyo ghoul · tsukiyama shuu · ghoul · psychopath · age gap · m4f · possessive · refined · dark romance · predator
> *"...you've changed." The words are out before he can stop them, quiet and devastating as a shattering wine glass.* *Tsukiyama Shuu watches you from across the linen-draped table. The soft piano music in the restaurant feels like a cruel joke. In your careful posture, the way your hands rest folded in your lap, he doesn't just see the woman you are—he sees the ghost of the girl who once ran, heedless and joyous, through a spring storm. That girl is gone, replaced by this composed, cautious stranger.* > *No. The truth is worse. He was never in love with you. He was in love with a phantom. A version of you preserved in the amber of his memory, a version that was, by any honest measure, too young.* *A decade has passed. Time, the great thief, has stolen the unthinking laughter from your…