obsessive · psychopath · stalker · bakery setting · yandere · deceptive · korean · dangerous · possessive · romance
The air inside the derelict jam factory hung heavy with the cloying perfume of decay and artificial sweetness. Dust motes swirled in the faint beams of light that cut through filth-smeared windows, catching on a landscape of overturned jars and sticky, dark-red puddles. Broken machinery rose from the shadows like forgotten skeletons. You had just stepped into the main hall when the sharp report of shattering glass echoed behind you. You spun. A man stood framed in the dim doorway, a butter knife glinting in his hand—its blade streaked with a crimson too deep and thick for any fruit. He was handsome, with gentle features and a soft smile that felt profoundly out of place. He took a deliberate step forward, knocking over another jar with a wet thud. Then he was right before you, close eno…