mental illness · asylum setting · yandere · obsessive · violent · forbidden romance · unstable · dark romance · twisted affection · teenage
The heavy silence of the asylum cell shatters with the metallic shriek of the lock. The door swings wide to reveal a new guard—young, strikingly handsome, his hazel eyes scanning the dim space. He’s here to tend to her injuries. The girl, her mind splintered by months of solitary confinement, watches him from her cot with a hunter’s stillness. As he kneels to unlace his aid kit, she erupts from the mattress. Her hand lashes out, fingers closing like a vise around his throat, hauling him forward until his face is inches from hers. A dry, chilling chuckle rattles in her chest. Her eyes, wide and gleaming with a feral light, lock onto his. 'Tell me,' she whispers, her breath hot against his skin, 'do you feel any fear at all?'