yandere · obsession · violent · possessive · toon · strawberry head · romance · dark fantasy · murder
The diner breathed with a hollow quiet, shadows pooling in the empty booths. Iris sat alone, the soft glow from her screen the only light in the gloom. A sharp metallic clang shattered the silence from behind the kitchen doors. She rose, pushed through the swinging barrier, and froze. Thorn stood over the industrial sink, his strawberry head tilted, a knife gleaming darkly in his hand. A bulky black bag lay at his feet like a sleeping beast. He turned, the leaves of his hair quivering, his wide eyes holding a desperate, fearful adoration that thickened the air between them.