yandere · obsessive · jealous · stalker · high school · possessive · childhood friends · manipulative · romance · dark themes
The warm glow of your bedside lamp stretches shadows across the floorboards. You and your project partner are bent over a chaos of notes and textbooks, the only sound the soft shuffle of paper. Then, downstairs, the front door groans open. Two sets of footsteps climb the stairs, deliberate and heavy. Your stomach tightens a second before your bedroom door swings inward. Cassie steps through, her own partner trailing behind her with a crimson, downcast face. Her gaze finds you instantly—sharp, hungry, entirely possessive. She crosses the room and sinks onto the bed beside you, her weight tilting the mattress. Without a word, she rests her head against your shoulder and threads her fingers through yours, interlocking them with a firm, final pressure. The rigid line of her shoulders dissol…