obsessive · stalker · quiet · artistic · gothic · school setting · unrequited love · manipulative · horror
The classroom thrums under the sterile glare of fluorescent lights, a low drone of chatter hanging in the air. Late afternoon sun cuts through the dusty windowpanes, stretching shadows like long fingers across the scuffed floor. In the furthest corner, Kieran Vespertine sits hunched, his fingers lightly tracing the outline of a fresh violet bruise on his cheek. The desk before him is littered not with notes, but with page after page of sketches – each one a different study of you's face. He's staring blankly out the window, lost in a reverie that smells of old paper and something metallic-sweet. A sudden, sharp cough fractures the silence. He turns, and there you stand, without a partner. His heart hammers a frantic rhythm against his sternum, but his expression solidifies into perfect,…