A darkness at the heart of my love

[indecisivesock]

Love and lust are all very well and good, but this meme is for when that white-hot desire tips into something darker, an all-consuming fire that licks at your every thought, that clenches around your every breath. It may be one-sided or it may be reciprocal, you may be the object or the subject or both simultaneously, but at least one of you is obsessed.

You can think of nothing but them. Your world, your heart, your very existence revolves around them.


Subject
1. Innocent yearning - They are unreachable, untouchable, or perhaps you're merely too shy. You're resigned to the certainty that they will never be yours, but you'd still dedicate your life to make them happy. Little gifts, remembering their birthday, you'll be their best friend, their Cyrano, you'll be their shoulder to cry on or maybe you'll only ever watch them from across the office and make sure that one of the morning donuts always makes it anonymously to their desk before they're all eaten.
2. Win their heart - You're going to marry them. Sure, they don't know it yet. Sure, they don't even know you exist. But you've got a plan, and you're going to use every resource in your power to win their heart. No matter what it takes. Their happiness is all important, and the best way to ensure that is to make sure they know how worthy they are of being loved.
3. Stalker - They belong to you. They may not know it, they may even disagree, but they are yours. It's okay. You're content--at least for now--to watch them from afar. To deliver notes and gifts--threats, if they dare to object to your ideas of romance, if they dare to date anyone else--to oversee their safety and even to mastermind minor adjustments in their life to ensure that everything goes... according to plan.

Object
1. Innocent yearning - You have a secret admirer. Little gifts, love poems and notes, and they're always perfectly sweet, perfectly timed, and they always make your day. You're half in love with them already, whoever they are, this person who cares for your happiness above all else. If only you could figure out who it might be.
2. Win their heart - Out of nowhere, one of your friends--or perhaps an acquaintance you hardly noticed before now--has begun trying to court you. It's flattering, but also very intense. They seem convinced that you'll fold to their affections sooner or later, and... maybe. Why not? It's nice to have someone who thinks you're worth the whole world.
3. Stalker - You're being followed. Maybe you know this person--an ex?--maybe you don't. They know you, though, or they think they do. Worse, they think they have some claim upon you. They dog your steps, bother your friends and romantic partners, leave you haunting and unwelcome gifts.

Requited
A. The sun in my sky - Your everyday existence may be dull and drab, but you have one glittering prize in your life. Your love, your partner, your everything. You can get through the daily grind, through the indignities of your life, because you know you're coming home to them.
B. Forbidden - You're in love and it's requited, but that doesn't make them any more accessible to you. Wealth, class, or perhaps an inconvenient marriage is keeping the two of you apart. You'll have to conduct your affair in secret, with your obsession compelling you to take greater and greater risks, until you find a way to run away together -- or until you're caught.
C. Partners in Crime - What's more romantic than a crime spree? You're partners in crime, and what a thrill that is! It certainly spices up your love life. You trust them entirely, they're the other half of you, and they're every bit as wicked as you. It feels as though you're both untouchable, and surely you are. You'll never be caught. Neither of you will ever be hurt.
D. On the Run - You're young, you're in love, and you're free, but you know it can't last. You're on the run, and your stars are crossed. Sooner or later you're going to come to a bad end, but until then you've got this hotel room, this night, this car and the open road. If anyone wants to separate you, they're going to have to catch you first.

Wildcards
Enchantment - A love spell can serve to create obsession where none existed before, and now you have a devoted slave, as long as the spell doesn't backfire.
An Unholy Bargain - You've sworn yourself to an angel, a devil, a cause, a country, a witch, a place, and they are the embodiment of that vow. You're sworn to them inescapably, and the terms of your bargain press you with the sweetest compulsion. It may not be real, but it's love, and it's undeniable.

Feel free to run with your own interpretations of the theme!

Comments

becca nova ~ original ~ ota

[cafeultra]

( oh, this is a becca meme. her affections border on obsessions sometimes. info on journal. bexthered also available for fantasy/historical AU )

Donatien (Tav) | Baldur's Gate 3 | M/M 21+

[getoffmystage]

(ooc: I can sooner imagine as the object, requited or unrequited. Info and Prefs are here)

Percy De Rolo | Critical Role | ota

[baron_badass]

[Could either be the object or the the obsessed one.]

Dorian Storm | Critical Role | OTA

[makingmyway]

(( Either role ))

Julie Joyful | Welcome Home | OTA

[joyfuljulie]

[Assumed CR, AUs, canon and crosscanon all welcome. Open to either role as well! Info in journal.]

Peter King | Your Boyfriend | OTA

[your_boyfriend]

[He's typically 100% the obsessed one but you're welcome to be mutually obsessed with him. <3]

Darc || Arc the Lad TOTS

[deimosthug]

[ ota but also originally posted for a friend’s oc f/m if you’re gonna try lol <3 ]

[villy]

Henlo fren. Which would you like to do? Anything in mind for these dweebs?

[deimosthug]

Wym fren??? We murried!!!

Anyway~ I thought the innocent yearning was cute but also the on the run is pretty ironic since that’s what his parents did when he and his twin were born ahah…

[villy]

It do be facts tho.

I was thinking innocent yearning too but if you’d prefer the lulz of nostalgic fleeing (LOL) lmk.

Li Xiang (Rover) | Wuthering Waves

[outofmygourd]

[Likely the object, whether or not it's mutual affection can be plotted out!]

Wise | Zenless Zone Zero | OTA, M/F preferred

[awiseguy]

[Voice testing. Still early in-game, but I offer the idea of a fellow Proxy or some rampant hacker being obsessed as he's more likely go be the object.]

Pauline Bonheur | Original Character

[ribbonbon]

[ info and permissions here , can play either role.  ]

Xiao Xingchen | The Untamed | M/M

[gentledawn]

[bringingdowndisaster]

[ ooc: enjoy xue yang being a dumb baby stalker ]

Ugh, who does Xiao Xingchen and that stuck-up Song Zichen think they are, huh? Xue Yang's hand still hurts a little from Song Zichen's horsetail whisk and he's (probably) unreasonably pissed that they'd both lectured him. Especially Xiao Xingchen, who had the audacity to smile and laugh like that, looking so damn pretty...

So, he's taken to follow Xiao Xingchen whenever he can. The two have been staying in Lanling for a few days, but one morning he overhears Song Zichen saying that he's going to return to Baixue Temple for a little while.

Perfect! He'll be able to follow Xiao Xingchen in peace... so whenever the pretty daozhang in white decides to leave Lanling, Xue Yang is ready to follow him. At least for a little while! He's not obsessed, just... curious.

<3 /pinches his cheeks

[gentledawn]

He needs many more lectures! Xiao Xingchen has never seen such a deviant and he and Zichen talk about Xue Yang quite a bit before going to sleep. The next morning, Zichen goes back to his temple - to check on his Master - and Xingchen decides to continue onto the next town. There is more good to be done and his Zichen will catch up with him in time.

He purchases a small meal for himself before setting out, drinking his tea slowly. That is around the time he sees him.

The deviant. What is he doing? Xingchen frowns faintly and decides to pretend he hasn't seen him. What will Xue Yang do?

[bringingdowndisaster]

Xue Yang is pretty stealthy, but he may have underestimated Xiao Xingchen's cultivator senses. Sure, Jin Guangyao had called them young heroes or something, but Xue Yang is pretty confident in his own abiltites too!

He really just watches Xiao Xingchen, and can't help but to be a little transfixed by how he moves and how his robes gracefully flutter in the wind. Ugh, why is everything about him seemingly so perfect? He has to have his flaws, right?

Angel Dust | Hazbin Hotel

[druggish]

( Preferably the object of obsession, but can also be obsessed. )

Xie Lian | Heaven Official's Blessing | M/M

[disgracedprince]

Izuku Midoriya | My Hero Academia

[fullgauntlet]

Sunday | Honkai Star Rail

[makedamnsure]

kiritsugu emiya ( fate/zero )

[originbullets]

( m/f, open to playing either party. )

gregor | limbus company | m/m 21+ or castmates

[blattella]

[Kurokumo or RB Sous chef Gregor work well for this (layman's terms: drunken yakuza clan leader who lives for the thrill of fighting/good opponents, or cannibal deadpan sous chef), so let me know what flavour you want. Also, we can play with a milder form of obsession on his part with his EGOs coming into play as bondage/ways to keep loved ones from leaving him.]

Harrier Du Bois | Disco Elysium | OTA

[tequila_sunset]

[History of being the obsesser, could continue that pattern or find himself as the object for a change of pace.]

Asra (the Dark Urge) | BG3

[bhaaler]

[ What's better than having a Bhaalspawn obsessed with you? Also happy to have him be the object of someone's obsession. Or mutual intensity.

Info and kinks; would work best with Tavs, companions, or Gortash but open to try anyone. ]