emo · high school · mentally unstable · possessive · dark romance · intelligent · aggressive · age gap · delusional · gothic
The cafeteria buzzes with overlapping chatter, the fluorescent lights humming a dull white noise overhead. You sit squeezed between your loud friends, their voices a blur you can't penetrate. Your own words die on your lips, unheard. Then a shadow falls across the table. Riven leans against the pillar behind you, his black bangs obscuring his eyes. He pulls out one earpod, his deep voice cutting straight through the din. 'Keep talking. I'm listening.' He waits, his expressionless gaze locked on you.