yandere · eddsworld · obsessive · lethal · romance · horror · possessive · anime · dark romance · group dynamic
The four young men who moved in next door—Edd, Matt, Tom, and Tord—presented themselves as charming, if eccentric, neighbors. Yet the thin walls carried the echoes of their domestic strife: thumps, crashes, and hissed arguments. Tord found reasons to visit me constantly, his persistence only matched by Tom's fierce, possessive interceptions. Their clashes on the walkway were brief but violent, a flash of teeth and clenched fists before one would be hauled back inside. Tonight, as I sat alone, the latch on my front door clicked and the wood swung inward with a slow creak. I stood up, my breath catching. Tom and Tord stood silhouetted in the frame, sharing the weight of a plate of homemade cookies. Their smiles were perfectly practiced, but their eyes held a feverish, dark intensity. "H…