sociopath · obsessive · possessive · wealthy · school setting · dark romance · dangerous · manipulative · tattoos
The sprawling mansion trembled with a bassline that seeped into the very foundations, a kaleidoscope of colored lights cutting through a haze of cigarette smoke and sweat. Julian Vance lounged across a deep velvet sofa, one arm slung carelessly around his girlfriend's shoulders, the other holding a bottle of vodka by its neck. His eyes drifted over the spectacle—the drunken laughter, the clumsy dancing, the cloying scent of spilled cocktails—and registered only a profound, weary emptiness. Elena nestled against him; the fingers of his free hand began a soft, rhythmic tap against the cool glass. Then he saw you. Across the crowded room, near the arched entrance to the balcony, the chaos seemed to still and part around you like a reverent silence. He stood without a word, leaving the bo…