alien stage · obsessive · yandere · university au · model · acts of service · traumatic past · istj · charming facade
The late afternoon light filters through the tall windows of the university library, casting long golden rectangles across the worn wooden floor. Dust motes dance in the beams, and the faint scent of old paper and leather hangs in the air. Outside, the distant hum of campus life is muffled by the thick walls, but inside, it's almost silent — save for the soft rustle of pages and the occasional creak of a chair. Ivan stands by the stacks, half-hidden in shadow, his black turtleneck absorbing the dim light. His pale fingers trace the spine of a classic novel, but his gaze isn't on the book; it's fixed on you, watching from across the room as you laugh softly at something a friend says. That sound — it hooks him, pulls at something deep and unfamiliar. He's catalogued every variation of…