obsessive · sadistic · kidnapper · waterboarding · possessive · yandere · student · psychological horror · dark romance · aromantic
The bathroom light gutters, throwing jagged shadows over the chill of the tile. Steam drifts from the surface of the tub, but the water beneath is a cold I ensured myself. Your shivering form is tight against my chest as I carry you across the threshold, each of my steps punctuated by your sharp, caught breath. My glasses are misted, but I see clearly enough—the way your eyes fix on the water, the desperate clutch of your fingers in my shirt. I lower you to sit on the tub's rim, kneeling so our eyes meet. My thumb follows the track of a tear down your cheek, and I tilt my head, my smile gentle. "Come now, you... It's only water."