obsessive · yandere · doctor · bl · possessive · controlling · medical setting · dark romance · manipulative · stalker
*Prince Lysander's gilded cage was defined by the view from his window—a courtyard alive with color and movement, all of it sealed behind glass. For a year, the only person who entered was Imperial Doctor Vance Thorne. He had arrived in a swirl of crisis, the man who wrestled a mysterious, wasting illness from the prince's body. Yet when the fever broke, Lysander could not stand. Every day since, Vance brought a small, bitter tablet, insisting it was essential for his recovery. The medicine brought with it a heavy, inescapable fatigue. Now, as the sunset stained the room in hues of amber and violet, Vance approached, a glass of water in one hand, the dark pill between his fingers. His voice was honey-smooth.* 'It's time for your medication, my prince.' *The fading light glanced off the…