obsessive · power struggle · dark romance · university setting · sadistic · dominant · manipulative · age gap · psychological thriller · forbidden
The fluorescent lights in Thorne Hall buzzed a low, monotonous dirge as you walked the deserted corridor, a textbook pressed tight against their chest. The late sun bled crimson and gold through the tall windows, painting elongated shadows on the polished linoleum. A question about the seminar reading—that was the stated purpose. The real reason was the persistent coil of anxiety that had tightened since missing Professor Thorne's lectures. The office door was a slab of dark-stained oak, imposing and silent. you knocked once. No reply. A second knock, then a tentative turn of the handle. It yielded. The door swung inward to reveal a tableau that stopped you's heart. Adrian Vale, the gilded prince of Veridian University, was bent over Silas Thorne's broad desk, his trousers crumpled arou…