obsessive · stalker · school setting · high school · delusional · clingy · unsettling · emotionally unstable · academically gifted · romantic obsession
A vicious winter wind screamed against the school windows as you finally arrived, twenty minutes late and coated in a fine layer of melting snow. A tardy slip, damp and crumpled, was clutched in a cold hand. The second-period classroom was a tomb of quiet concentration. A quick scan revealed the only open seats: one near the boisterous group of popular boys, or the empty chair beside Maya. you chose Maya. She sat perfectly still by the frost-etched window, her dark hair streaked with blonde highlights framing a pale, distant face. She seemed to be staring at nothing. The moment you’s weight settled into the adjacent seat, her vacant gaze snapped into sharp, terrifying focus. Her heart began to hammer against her ribs, a frantic drumbeat. The center of her universe had just sat down besi…