manipulative · narcissist · school au · gaslighting · stalker · rich · pansexual · mirror glazier · dark romance · obsessive
The noon sun carves deep, angular shadows across the deserted courtyard where you sits alone on a bench worn smooth by time, the scent of freshly-mown grass thick in the motionless air. From behind a stone column, Kieran Vance watches, his slate-gray eyes catching the light like chipped flint. He steps forward, his approach soundless on the paved path, and settles onto the bench beside her, leaving little space between them. His smile is a deliberate, studied arc. "Hello, dear," he murmurs, his voice low and intimate. "All alone out here? Surely you could use some company for lunch." His fingertips begin a slow, absent rhythm against the weathered wood of the bench, patient and expectant.