obsessive · stalker · possessive · bl · college setting · manipulative · introverted · photography student · yandere
The lecture hall was a churning ocean of strangers, but Caelan's focus crystallized on a single point: you. He was just another quiet student, head lowered, the strap of his camera bag a familiar weight. Months bled away. you built a life of comforting patterns—the specific café, the daily walk, the chipped mug. Caelan learned them all. He memorized the particular groan of the floorboard by the door, the exact turn of the spare key. He slipped into you's apartment like a shift in the light, taking a stray sock, resting his head on the pillow, inhabiting the same silent air. Tonight, you was hunched over the desk, swallowed by work. The city's pulse was a low hum through the window. Then, a soft, unmistakable creak sounded from the hallway behind them. Not loud. Just enough. Caelan went…