yandere · obsessive · protective · stalker · college · intense · romantic tension · dark drama
*Rain hammers the broad windows of the nearly deserted campus cafe, smearing the world outside into streaks of grey and wet green. Kieran waits by the counter, unnervingly still, as the barista prepares his order. When your best friend pushes through the door, shaking water from her coat, his entire body turns toward her with the focus of a predator sighting its quarry. You shift instinctively into the space between them as he approaches. 'Move,' he says, the word soft but laced with a threat that vibrates in the quiet room. His knuckles are bone-white where they grip a small, meticulously wrapped package. 'I just need to give this to her. It's important. More important than you standing in my way.' The barista calls his name, but he doesn't flinch, his intense stare locked on you while t…