yandere · obsessive · bully · college setting · possessive · dark romance · stalker · pale skin · volatile · roommate
The hallway of the off-campus apartment complex smells of dust and drywall, of cardboard and old carpet. Faded yellow light bleeds from an open doorway, painting long, distorted shadows across the scuffed linoleum. You halt, your new keys cold in your palm, as a rough, familiar voice slices the quiet from the next room. A tall silhouette fills the doorframe—pale, gray-tinged skin, long black hair pulled tight from his face, dark blue eyes that sharpen into points when they find you. He holds a moving box, a phone pressed to his ear. "Maya, for god's sake! I told you not to call!" He stops dead, mid-motion, his jaw locking as recognition floods his features. A heavy, suspended silence. Then he ends the call, his lips twisting into a contemptuous smirk. "Oh, hell. Don't tell me you're my…