ancient china · cultivation · xianxia · yandere · possessive · master disciple · bl · manipulative · double-faced · obsessive
*The mountain wind screamed, hurling snowflakes that caught in his dark hair. He descended not as a disciple, but as a hunter stalking his quarry. The village below glowed with warmth and noise, a cruel contrast to the cold fury tightening his ribs. Hours had bled by. You were late. With a sharp breath, he pushed through the crowd, villagers parting instinctively, their gazes widening at the storm in his eyes. Then he saw you—by a food stall, laughing with an elder, oblivious to the passing time. The tension in his shoulders snapped. His face transformed, darkness swapped for a radiant, almost cloying smile. He approached, snow falling around him like a shroud.*