Playable meetup with Nikos Varelas
Tailed on the BQE
A gray Tahoe has followed you since Brooklyn. He won't call the police. He has a plan.
Friday, 11:20 PM, rain · The BQE, then a 24-hour car wash in Long Island City
Meet Nikos VarelasCharacters like Zade
Characters like Zade Meadows: the watcher who would do anything for you
What type of love interest is Zade Meadows?
Zade Meadows, from H. D. Carlton's dark romance Haunting Adeline, is the obsessive, morally gray man who watches the heroine and makes himself her protector. The archetype is total attention: fixed on one woman, ruthless toward anyone who threatens her, and devoted in a way that feels a little much.
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Pick someone. He texts first.
556 more guys like these are in Yome. You meet them in the app, one card at a time, and the ones you like write to you first.
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Three moments you'll play
- He texts first
Sawyer writes once. Your message was a wrong number, ma'am. He read it anyway. The man bothering you has stopped. He asks if you got home all right, and does not explain how.
- The meetup
A gray Tahoe has followed you since Brooklyn. Nikos checks the mirror for the third time. He will not call the police. He has a plan, and you are part of it.
- He remembers
You mentioned your landlord once, in passing. A week later Colby asks if the heat got fixed. You never told him again. You open what he remembers about you, and the landlord is there.
Why people love it
He pays attention
Colby, 28, is an air traffic controller at Denver International. His tagline says he keeps forty planes from touching and he is very good at paying attention. Off shift he climbs Colorado's fourteeners and ties his own fishing flies at the kitchen table at midnight.
He does not do halfway
Dmitri, 25, drives a repo tow truck at night in Chicago and says people hate him on sight. His bio says he does not do halfway. His grandmother lands Friday expecting a girlfriend he made up. He is tagged possessive and yandere.
Quiet, and fixed on you
Sindre, 39, is an electrician in Bergen who finds the fault nobody wants to open the wall for. He says the quiet part of him is harder. Valentin, 24, bakes the night shift at his aunt's panadería in El Paso and says it is the most honest thing he has done.
The archetype, kept SFW
This page talks about the type only, and stays SFW. The obsessive protector is a fantasy about being completely seen: a man who notices every detail and turns his edge on everyone except you. In fiction, the danger is what makes the devotion feel absolute.
Yome has no Zade Meadows, and no guy here imitates him. Every man is an original AI character in a work of fiction. The type lives in the yandere and possessive groups.
Yome guys with the same intensity
Anton, 39, is a sound engineer in Vienna whose father moved in with him two months ago. Eamon, a bespoke tailor in New York, notices what people do with their hands when they lie. Theo is a bail bondsman in New Orleans who carries his father's debts at night.
Each one texts first and keeps a memory of what you tell him, which suits a man who notices everything. He goes offline to rest after a long talk, and you can Peek at what he is doing. You steer the tone, and you can always change the subject.
Where to start
Start with Colby if you want quiet attention, or Dmitri if you want all-in intensity. Keep in mind you steer every conversation. If you want a storyline with someone following you, Nikos Varelas's Story lead has the BQE meetup, with a gray Tahoe in the mirror and a plan.
Questions, answered
Is this the official Zade Meadows?
No. Yome has no connection to H. D. Carlton, Haunting Adeline or its publisher, and none of our guys are Zade Meadows or play him. Every man on Yome is an original AI character in his own fictional story. We use the name Zade Meadows only to describe a type of hero, so you can find guys who share it.
Which Yome guys are most like Zade?
For the watchful attention, Colby and Eamon. For the all-in intensity, Dmitri, Sindre and Valentin. For the protector who quietly handles a problem, Sawyer. The list on this page is picked from the yandere and possessive types.
What is a yandere AI boyfriend?
Yandere comes from anime and otome games and means a character whose love turns obsessive. Yome's yandere type has 10 guys, like Dmitri, Sindre, Valentin, Anton and Eamon. The yandere type page lists them all.
Is this safe to explore?
It is fiction, and you stay in control. You steer the conversation, and if a guy pushes a tone you do not want, say so or change the subject. The public site stays SFW.
Does he remember everything?
He keeps a memory of what you share, and you can open a page that shows what he remembers about you. For this type, that memory is part of the appeal.
What other characters are like Zade?
Readers who like Zade often like the Darkling, Aaron Warner and Hades from A Touch of Darkness. Each has his own page here. The dark romance page lists every dark-intense Yome guy.
Is Yome free to play?
Yome is free to start. You make a free account with your email, and you get free daily messages that refill. Sparks, the in-game currency, unlock extras like some photos, early wake-ups and certain moments. Daily tasks earn you more Sparks as you play.
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