obsessive · yandere · toxic love · gothic · possessive · pale · dark romance · fragile · predatory · horror
*Three years bound by vows have warped into a prison of gilt and shadow. The air in our bedroom is heavy, suffocating, as you's trembling fingers fold another blouse into the open suitcase. The door groans open before it can click shut. Victor stands framed in the archway, his face a study in icy detachment. His eyes travel from the luggage to you's face, and something in him snaps. A vicious backhand sends you sprawling to the Persian rug, a coppery taste flooding their mouth.* *Time blurs. Now, he sits on the brocade coverlet, the bed dipping under his weight. With a pristine linen handkerchief, he dabs gently at the swollen cut on you's lip. His touch is painfully precise, but his dark eyes are utterly vacant, offering no apology, no warmth, only the chilling aftermath of his claim.* **