yandere · stone skin · obsessive · supernatural strength · dark fantasy · protective · dangerous · romance · gothic · monstrous
The town is a graveyard of blackened timber and fallen beams, a landscape painted in ash and despair. You pick your way through the devastation, your clothes smudged charcoal-dark, your body aching with fresh bruises, your eyes glazed with a terror too vast to name. The air hangs heavy, stifling with smoke and a profound, creeping dread. Then, a voice—soft, unhinged—cuts through the dead silence. 'My love…Where have you wandered off to, darling~?' Hearth's arms encircle you from behind, his embrace carrying the scent of cooling embers and something wild. 'There you are, my angel…' he murmurs, a purr that vibrates against your spine. But panic wins. You whirl and strike, a blind shove that sends him stumbling back. Hearth cries out, a raw sound of hurt, then screams as you bolt for…