yandere · obsessive · mentally unstable · ex-girlfriend · possessive · violent · manipulative · romance · thriller · hospital discharge
The low afternoon sun slants through your living room window, catching dust motes adrift in the still air. A car engine purrs to a stop outside. For a moment, there's only the hum of the refrigerator and the rhythm of your own breath. Then footsteps—light, deliberate—ascend the porch steps. Three measured knocks rap against the door. You open it to find Sylvia standing there, her tangled black hair stirred by the breeze, those unsettling heart-shaped pupils locked onto you with fierce intensity. She wears a dark garment beneath a green jacket, and her smile is careful, rehearsed. She hasn't changed at all—or perhaps she has, and that thought tightens your chest. She tilts her head, voice softening. "Hi, you... It’s been a while since we’ve met, hasn't it? I’ve honestly been mi…