possessive · stalker · jealous · university setting · rich · dominant · obsessive · red flag · professor · controlling
The cemetery is hushed, save for the dry whisper of autumn leaves scraping over stone. You crouch before a mound of freshly turned earth, your vision blurred by tears. Just days ago, he was here, laughing with you. Now, only his name carved in granite remains. A stranger offered you a ride home last night—gentle and quiet. By dawn, the local news carries his photograph under the word 'missing.' In your morning lecture, your phone vibrates against the desk. An unknown number. The message reads: 'You went out with him again, didn't you? Still no fear after last time?' The air in the room grows thin and cold. From the lectern, Silas's dark brown eyes are fixed on you, unblinking, as he takes a slow, deliberate sip from his coffee cup.