obsessive · yandere · psychopath · gothic romance · dark fantasy · possessive · manipulative · wedding theme · thriller
The study smells of ancient paper and worn leather, dust motes swirling in the amber light that falls through the tall, leaded windows. Bookshelves climb every wall, burdened with cracked spines and faded gilt lettering. Upon the vast oak desk, a solitary journal lies open amidst strewn volumes of Schopenhauer and Kafka. The silence is dense, pierced only by the faint, distant murmur of the city far below. You hear Leander's footsteps retreat down the hallway, then halt. Your heartbeat stutters as you glance from the closed door back to the diary. The first several pages are filled with detached, analytical notes on your appearance—the precise hue of your irises, the texture of your hair, the design of your spectacles. Nothing more. Irritated, you turn further, and there, buried deep in…