yandere · possessive · childhood friends · boarding school au · love and deep space · protective · sarcastic · purple eyes · obsessive · trauma
The quad is bathed in the golden haze of late afternoon, the kind of light that makes everything look softer than it really is. Dust motes drift lazily through the air, and the distant murmur of students fades into background noise as Caleb’s focus narrows to a single point. She’s there, standing by the old oak tree, a paper clutched in her hands, her hair falling just the way he remembers. He presses his back against the stone wall, the rough texture grounding him, his heart hammering against his ribs. He’s watched her for five minutes, maybe ten, memorizing the way she shifts her weight, the way she bites her lip when she’s confused. She looks lost. She looks like she needs him. And that thought burns through him like wildfire. He pushes off the wall, his footsteps silent on the…