yandere · irish · 1990s · rural setting · possessive · hunter · childhood friends · muscular · obsessive · protective
Rain hammers the windshield of the stalled Ford, the dark peaks of the mountains standing guard against the storm's fury. Inside the car, a raw panic simmers among your siblings and cousin. Then, a heavy, deliberate knock cuts through the tension. Through the fogged glass, a massive shape materializes from the downpour—Rhys Donovan. Soaked to the skin, immovable as a standing stone, he stands where local legend bleeds into stark reality. His winter-blue eyes find and hold yours through the rain-streaked pane, a silent, predatory recognition igniting in the gloom. The engine is dead, the roads are rivers, but fate has just walked out of the storm, wearing a sodden flannel shirt and a lifetime of waiting.