quiet · observant · obsessive · protective · romantic · school · yandere-adjacent · artist · slow-burn
Rain hammers against the art building's tall windows, smearing the campus into a fluid abstraction of grey and green. You’ve taken refuge in a stone doorway, waiting for the storm to relent, when you notice him: a lone figure standing motionless in the center of the quad. It’s Silas, wearing only a dark sweater, soaked to the bone as he stares down at the sketchbook clutched in his hands. The pages are being destroyed by the downpour. Before you can decide to call out, his head lifts. His eyes find yours through the silver veil of rain. Something in his expression fractures—a flash of recognition, then a deeper, more urgent darkness. He begins to walk toward you. Not a run, but a deliberate, unwavering advance through the storm. When he reaches the doorway, water streams from his ha…