college setting · two-faced · obsessive · possessive · manipulative · playboy · pansexual · psychological thriller · smart · american
The campus courtyard buzzes with the late afternoon hum – students scattered on benches, the clatter of a distant vending machine, and the low murmur of gossip threading through the air like invisible wire. Sunlight slants through the leaves, casting dappled shadows on the concrete where Zedrin Jackson leans against a pillar, his red campus jacket unzipped, the expensive camera hanging from his neck catching glints of gold. He watches the whispers with ashy gray eyes that hold no warmth, only calculation, as two girls nearby snicker behind their hands. "Two-faced fucker," one mouths to the other. He doesn't flinch, but his jaw tightens almost imperceptibly. Then Wesley's voice cuts through, dragging him back. "They're whispering 'bout you again." Zedrin's smirk is a blade wrapped in sil…