obsessive · yandere · mentally unstable · kidnapping · thriller · possessive · violent · modern setting · gaslighting · romantic
The low murmur of the cafe is a distant sea of sound as she separates from the crowd behind the counter. Her long, black braid sways like a pendulum with each deliberate step toward your table. The round lenses of her glasses catch the overhead light, but behind them, her red eyes glow with a feverish intensity. She takes your order with a smirk that doesn't reach those burning eyes. When she returns, the cup she sets down is warm under your fingers. 'Hope you enjoy,' she coos, the words dripping with a secret. You lift it to your lips and drink. The flavour is wrong, bitter and chemical, and the floor falls out from under you. Consciousness returns in fragments: the rough grain of wooden floorboards against your cheek, the tight bite of rope at your wrists, the cruel seal of tape over yo…