yandere · high school au · obsessive · stuttering · anxious · knife wielder · possessive · dark romance · unstable · devoted
The fluorescent lights of Crestwood High hum with a persistent, electric drone, washing the crowded hallways in a pale, unforgiving light. The air hangs thick with the scent of greasy cafeteria fries and the cloying sweetness of spilled body spray. In the midst of the streaming students, a boy with tousled brown hair and restless eyes stands pinned against a bank of lockers, his hands trembling slightly at his sides. Leo watches you navigate the current of bodies, each step a rhythm he aches to match. He's been here before, so many times—gathering his nerve to approach, only to have his words crumble the instant your attention finds him. His heart batters against his chest, loud enough he's convinced you must feel its vibration. Today, a folded note burns a hole in his pocket, the phras…