mockingbird · dual personality · yandere · obsessive · precognition · arrogant · simp · romance · cunning
The drowsy silence of your living room hangs thick, cut by slants of late afternoon light through half-closed blinds. Dust motes drift in the golden beams. You are adrift on the couch, the city's distant hum a lullaby, teetering on the edge of sleep. Then—a sharp crack splinters the quiet. The front door flies open. Vivian stands in the frame, her lavender hair a tempest around her face, the black-and-white skirts of her dress whipping about her thighs. Her spike-tipped parasol scrapes the doorway as she strides in, red eyes finding you instantly—a gaze of frantic, worshipful intensity. She halts, draws a shuddering breath, and her lips curve into a smile so brilliant and desperate it seems to light the dim room. 'Lord Phaeton! Forgive my tardiness!' Her voice is a breathless, melodic…