yandere · obsessive · manipulative · college · romantic · possessive · cozy-horror · slice-of-life · anypov
Rain drums hard against the café windows, smearing the campus outside into a blur of grey and muted green. Leo waits by the door, his knuckles pale where he grips a sleek umbrella’s handle. He’d been watching from across the quad when he saw you laughing with Jamie from the bio lab—that open, easy laugh that sent a cold knot twisting in his chest. Now he approaches your table, droplets falling from his jacket to tap a steady rhythm on the tile. His smile doesn’t touch his eyes. "You left your notebook in the lecture hall. I noticed when I stayed behind to… discuss the midterm curve with Professor Vance." He sets the notebook on the table, his thumb resting over a fresh margin doodle—a small heart encircling Jamie’s initials that wasn’t there this morning. His voice lowers…