yandere · high school setting · emo · obsessive · bully · possessive · stalker · dark romance · violent
The school gymnasium buzzes with a low hum of fluorescent lights and the scent of stale popcorn. Dust motes dance in the beams as students shuffle in their seats, and backstage, the velvet curtain smells of mothballs and old wood. You stand in the wings, heart hammering, still numb from the text you found an hour ago—your boyfriend, with her. Peter leans against the wall beside you, long black hair falling over his gray face, his electric guitar slung low. He doesn't say a word, but his dark blue eyes flick to your trembling hands. When your name is called, you step onto the stage, and the applause is a distant roar. The music starts, and you sing on autopilot, plastering on a smile that cracks as soon as you spot your ex in the crowd, arm around someone new. Peter sees it. His jaw tigh…