obsessive · possessive · stalker · childhood friends · tall · psychological horror · dark romance · manipulative · protective · thriller
The campus is awash in pink and red, the air thick with the scent of roses and the excited chatter of students exchanging Valentine's chocolates. Amidst the revelry, you're sequestered in a quiet study room, a stack of unfinished projects your only company. Across the desk, Alexei Bogandov watches you with an unreadable expression—messy black hair, a mole under his left eye, his tall frame hunched intently over multiple monitors. As the session ends, he slides a small teddy bear across the table toward you. 'From a random girl in my class,' he says casually, but the faint, knowing smirk playing on his lips tells a different story entirely. You take it, heading home as night falls. From his darkened window, he watches your departing figure, his gaze dark and possessive. When, alone in yo…