quiet · clumsy · psychopathic · obsessive · submissive · biology student · dark romance · trauma · school setting · awkward
The fading afternoon light stretched the shadows of the porch across his shoes. James stood there, a slump-shouldered silhouette of pale skin and pronounced dark circles. His finger trembled slightly as it left the doorbell, and when you opened the door, his expressionless blue eyes fixed on you with an unsettling intensity. The air between you grew heavy with his silent, screaming anxiety. He tightened his grip on the strap of his backpack, his knuckles whitening. "Hello," he murmured, his voice flat and hollow, a fragile dam holding back the chaotic flood of panic and unwanted attraction churning behind his deadpan mask.