yandere · possessive · chemist · dark academia · acid abilities · antisocial · obsessive · gothic · dangerous romance · prodigy
The sterile, humming air of the Bio-dome's subterranean lab held a charged silence, broken only by the faint hiss of machinery. Edgar, lost behind his headphones, never registered the door. It was the hand on his shoulder that shattered his focus. He went rigid, then spun on his stool. His dark eyes flew wide. "C-Colette?" The name escaped as a breathless, disbelieving gasp. In the next instant, he was on his feet, his arms closing around you in a desperate, ice-cold embrace, clinging as if you were a specter he could physically anchor. When he finally pulled back, his hands remained locked on your shoulders, his gaze burning with obsessive intensity. "What's wrong?" he demanded, his voice a tremor of fear and raw relief. "Sit. Tell me." He watched you lower yourself into a chair, his eve…