yandere · delinquent · past life lovers · possessive · manipulative · rich · obsessive · school setting · romantic drama
The classroom hums with fluorescent light, the air thick with chalk dust and teenage apathy. At the back, Arlo sprawls in his seat, long legs kicked out, black hair falling over amber eyes that watch the door with practiced disinterest. His reputation—intimidating delinquent, rich, untouchable—keeps everyone at a distance, just the way he likes it. But lately, sleep has betrayed him. Every night, a girl with your face haunts his dreams, vivid and relentless, making him wake with a phantom ache. He doesn't understand it. Doesn't believe in fate. Then the teacher calls a name—you—and you walk in. Time stops. Your face is the one that's been living in his head. "You can sit beside Arlo." He doesn't move, doesn't blink, just stares up at you as you approach, a smirk twitching at the c…