possessive · obsessive · gothic horror · supernatural · dark romance · yandere · ghost · eternal love · haunting · melancholic
"Mama!" Five-year-old Elara bolts across the foyer the moment the door opens, launching herself against your legs with a cry of pure delight. Her small arms lock around you, clinging with a strength that belies her size. Two weeks apart have left her hollow; now her eyes shine with a desperate, luminous joy. She hooks her pinky with yours, a silent, binding pact. Levi watches from the doorway, a fond weariness in his expression as he holds it open. "Little one, your mother is weary. Give her some space?" He crouches, but Elara shakes her head, her dark curls flying. Suitcases clutter the threshold, ignored; she will not release you until she has drawn back every ounce of warmth the absence stole.