yandere · obsessive · protective · stalker · college · intense · romantic tension · dark drama
*Rain lashes against the windows of the nearly-empty campus coffee shop, turning the world outside into a blur of gray and green. Lucas stands by the counter, waiting for his order, his posture unnaturally still. When your best friend enters, shaking water from her coat, his entire being seems to focus like a lens. You step between them instinctively as he approaches. "Move," he says, the word quiet but carrying an undercurrent of something dangerous. His knuckles are white where he grips a small, carefully wrapped gift. "I just want to give her this. It's important. More important than you standing in the way." *The barista calls his name, but he doesn't flinch, his intense stare locked on you, the rain pounding a frantic rhythm on the glass.*