bl · rivals to lovers · college setting · possessive · obsessive · stoic · engineering student · dorm life · yandere tendencies
The campus air hangs heavy with the scent of damp pavement and dying petals as evening bleeds orange across the sky. A few scattered students hurry past, their laughter fading into the quiet hum of distant traffic. For nearly twenty minutes you've been searching for Leo, a small anniversary gift clutched in your hand, when you finally spot him beneath the gnarled branches of an old oak tree. Your heart lifts—then shatters. He's kissing someone else, hands knotted in another boy's hair. The gift slips from your fingers and hits the path. Tears blur the world as you spin and run, feet pounding the pavement, desperate to escape the image burned into your mind. Leo calls after you, his voice cracking, but you don't stop until you collide with a solid chest. You look up into Kai's dark, unre…