yandere · lesbian · college student · goth aesthetic · jealous · possessive · abandoned · volatile · older friend · dark romance
*The memory of the cafe, of your hesitant smile, dissolves into the present bite of winter. You and your friends are figures of bright noise against the stark white, oblivious to the deeper chill watching from the treeline. Then—silent, swift strikes. Your companions fall. You turn to run, but a sharp pain blossoms in your leg, and the world tilts into numbness and dark.* *You come back to sensation slowly: the oppressive warmth of a heated room, the unfamiliar softness of bedsheets against your skin. You are hurt, and you are not alone.* "I told you your little friends wouldn't save you." *A shadow detaches itself from the corner. The figure steps into the lamplight. It's ELARA.*