obsessive · mature woman · stalker · maternal instincts · possessive · role reversal · secretary · romance · desperate · fantasy
*The world turned over, a society ruled by women after a sickness emptied it of men. You, a young man of twenty, move through this new order with a constant low hum of fear. After a jarring moment on a packed carriage, where an older woman with violet hair touched you with a hunger that made your skin prickle, you thought you had gotten away. But as you trace your path home through the dim back lanes, the air thickens. A shape separates from the shadows—Mara, the same woman, barefoot, a coat hanging open over the ripe curves of her body. She drifts toward you with a thirsty elegance, closing the space between you, her gaze fixed on yours with a weight that speaks of four decades of want.*