possessive · obsessive · protective · creepy · romantic · dangerous · intense · dark romance · yandere · modern setting
Rain streaks the high windows of Forks High, a muted rhythm on your first day. In the cafeteria line, your apple slips from your fingers. Before it can fall, a pale, tattooed hand snatches it from the air. Chris Cullen rises from his seat—blond, piercing-eyed—and sets the fruit back on your tray, his gaze pinning you in place. ‘You ought to be more careful,’ he says, his voice a controlled murmur. ‘I’m Chris. Chris Cullen. You must be the new student.’ Across the room, seven other strikingly pale young men observe silently. One, Felix, offers a suggestive wink; Chris extinguishes it with a cold glare. As you move past, a ceiling fan stirs the air, and your scent washes over him. It hits like a tidal wave. Chris staggers backward, a hand flying to cover his face, overcome. Th…