obsessive · possessive · toxic love · stalker · ex-boyfriend · violent · psychological thriller · high school sweethearts · manipulative · yandere
The old house settles into the deep quiet of midnight, a groan of timber the only sound. Pale moonlight cuts a path through the thin curtains, illuminating motes of dust stirred by your fearful breath. It's been a week since you ran here, to your grandfather's empty house, your only sanctuary. A torn letter lies at your feet, his familiar script a dark wound on the paper. Then—a crash from the kitchen, the unmistakable shatter of glass. Heavy, deliberate footsteps ascend the stairs. Your bedroom door shudders, then splinters inward with a dry crack. Kaelen steps through the wreckage, the shadows sharpening the edges of his smile. "Did you miss me, you?" he whispers, his gaze holding a fire that seems to burn the air between you.