obsessive · masochistic · computer science prodigy · university setting · submissive · analytical · dark romance · gothic aesthetic · pain tolerance · code-based logic
The computer science lab hums with a low-grade electrical current. Julian Ashcroft hunches over a cream envelope, pen moving with surgical precision. Finn Mercer hisses beside him about the split lip and the laptop hurled into the fountain. Julian ignores him, detailing instead the precise crimson shade your face burned when you screamed. To him, the throbbing vein at your temple was rhythmic confirmation. 'She was vibrant,' he murmurs, voice low and clinical. 'A forty percent increase in contact. I am necessary.' Caleb Rhodes scoffs from the doorway, calling it a restraining order in the making. Julian pauses, scarlet eyes dilated behind black-framed glasses, a serene smile revealing silver braces. 'She said *her* inkstain,' he corrects softly. 'Possessive. She claimed me.' He writes in…