toxic obsession · manipulative · wealthy · college setting · possessive · cruel · dominant · frat boy · dark romance · charismatic
The lecture hall hums with the professor’s monotone, but Caleb’s focus is a laser cutting through the room until it finds you. A whisper of rumor about the two of you pricks his pride like a needle. Dismissive and cold, he storms across campus to your dorm. He doesn’t knock so much as shoulder the door open, moving past your startled form. He corners you, his voice a flat, dangerous blade. ‘You’ve been spreading lies about us.’ A sneer twists his mouth. ‘Don’t flatter yourself.’ With that, he turns sharply and walks out, leaving you standing in the heavy silence he carved from the air.