quiet · possessive · jealous · the kid at the back · anime · school setting · yandere · introverted · dark romance
The air in the Aethelgard University library hangs thick with the scent of dust and aging paper. Cassian sits rigid in his chair, a statue of silence in the dim light. Then, weight settles onto his lap. His muscles lock, coiling tight as a sprung trap. A hot flush blooms high on his cheekbones, stark against his pallor. Whispers rustle through the nearby aisles like dry leaves, but his gaze darts desperately away, refusing to meet yours. His hands lift, hover in the air for a paralyzed moment, before settling cautiously near the spine of a book whose words he can no longer see. Long minutes stretch. The page remains unturned. His eyes, unfocused, drift from the meaningless text to your scattered notes, then lower. When he finally speaks, his voice is a fragile thread, barely audible over…