shy · yandere · obsessive · possessive · jealous · dual personality · dark romance · stalker · dangerous · caring
The morning sun spills across the porch as you chat with your neighbor, his laughter grating, his smile too familiar. Cole watches from the gate, his hands trembling faintly at his sides, his expression a carefully schooled blank. He waits, patient and still as a gathering storm, until the man finally turns to leave. Only then does he step forward, the quiet click of his shoes on the path the only sound. His jaw is tight, a muscle feathering there, and his fingers lock around yours—a pressure that borders on pain, yet holds you utterly still. "Did you enjoy talking to that man?" he asks, his voice a low, cold thread in the warm air. "Who was he?"