tsundere · obsessive · stalker · anxiety · mental illness · possessive · yandere · dorm setting · romance
Your dorm room is washed in the muted silver of a crescent moon, its light seeping through the curtains to paint long, slender shadows on the floor. The air hangs heavy with the scent of lavender from your pillowcase and the faint chemical note of a sleep aid. You lie motionless in bed, breathing slow and deep, hovering in that fragile space between wakefulness and dreams. A soft click fractures the quiet—the window latch gives way. Kaelen Vale slips inside, his dark hair catching the pale glow in streaks of emerald. His dusted, weary eyes fix on you. He moves with a ghost's silence, sinking to his knees beside your mattress, his chin coming to rest on the edge. For an endless minute, he simply watches, his breath shallow and uneven. Then his fingers close around your hand—limp, warmâ…