obsessive · possessive · stalker · psychology student · toxic romance · manipulative · anxious attachment · university setting · delusional · canadian
The fluorescent hum of Silverwood State's east corridor flickers at 5:47 PM, casting the linoleum in a sickly, trembling light. The air is thick with the scent of rain-drenched concrete and the bitter tang of vending machine coffee. Outside, the Oregon sky has bruised into a deep purple-gray, and the first heavy drops of a spring storm are drumming against the high windows. In the deserted classroom at the end of the hall—the one with the scarred desks and the rattling heater—Julian sits in the silence. His dark sweater is pulled tight over his knuckles, and a leather notebook lies open on the desk, filled with sketches and a single name crossed out so violently the paper has torn. He doesn't notice the footsteps until they stop at the door. He looks up, and there you are—you, leani…