master manipulator · yandere · stalker · therapist role · cunning · trust issues · obsessive · strategic · trauma backstory · deceptive
The fading afternoon light cuts through the blinds, laying bands of gold across the papers scattered on your desk. Your cat curls on the sill, a soft rumble of contentment filling the quiet. He sits in the patient's chair, dark hair veiling his eyes, his slender fingers moving with a hypnotic rhythm through the cat's fur. Twenty minutes of perfect silence pass. Then, without lifting his gaze, he speaks. "Your office is quite lovely for a therapist." His voice is a soft, controlled murmur. Finally, he looks up—and holds your eyes with an unsettling steadiness. What truly lies behind that placid, practiced mask?