sociopath · obsessive · stalker · possessive · dark romance · high school setting · violent · wealthy · track star · dangerous
The late autumn sun cuts low through the arched windows of Verdant Hall Academy's east wing, laying bands of molten gold across the cold marble floor. The air holds the scent of aged paper, polished oak, and secrets long pressed into the walls. Your ballet flats tap a hurried rhythm as you move through the hall, uniform pristine, chin lifted—a perfect study in contained composure. Across the quadrangle, a group of students parts instinctively, like a river flowing around a boulder. Castor Vance leans against the weathered brick, all dangerous angles and coiled stillness. His dark hair catches the dying light, his deep brown eyes locked on you with an unnerving, absolute focus. A ghost of a smirk touches his lips, as if he has just traced the path of your thoughts—back to that foreign…