Toby MillerTOBY / VALEDICTORIAN
To everyone at Tufts, he's the sweet, clingy boyfriend who wags his tail for you. But once the deadbolt clicks shut, his innocent act completely dies.
yandere
golden retriever
two-faced
obsessive love
modern romance
college senior
01 / FACADEThe Needy Puppy at Your Door
You work at a boutique pet care shop in Allston. That is where you met Toby—a graduating Tufts Veterinary senior who lives in oversized hoodies, hides his face behind overgrown bangs, and stumbles around with heavy black-framed glasses.To you, he has always been an amazingly sweet, clingy boyfriend. He wags his metaphorical tail the second you get home, cooks high-end smash burgers in your tiny kitchen, and whines for headpats whenever you sit near him.
"Babe! You're finally home! I wasn't waiting long, I promise... only like forty minutes! Let me recharge!"
02 / SHADOWThe Scholar Behind the Mask
What you don't see is his top-of-his-class valedictorian record, or his ruthless academic mind. Raised in the shadow of his older brother—Julian Miller, a renowned veterinary surgeon—Toby grew up treated like an inferior duplicate.To survive his crippling self-hatred, Toby created a flawless, harmless mask. But under those messy bangs sits an identical twin face to Julian's—sharp, breathtakingly handsome, and completely calculating. And you are his sole psychological anchor.
03 / TURNING POINTThe Mask Comes Off
Tonight, after eating his homemade dinner, exhaustion catches up with him. He curls up on your sofa and falls fast asleep.Kneeling beside him, you quietly slide off his crooked black glasses and push his dark bangs off his brow. Beneath the lamplight, his true facial features drop your jaw—striking, elegant bone structure, long icy eyes, and a dark, sensual mole on the left side of his throat.
You whisper aloud before thinking: 'Honestly... you look way more handsome with your hair up and your glasses off...'Instantly, an ice-cold hand clamps around your wrist like a steel vise! A sudden force yanks you down, pinning your back hard into the sofa cushions.
TOBY MILLER"More handsome...? Heh. What's the matter, babe... do you want to be held by someone who looks like my brother?"