yandere · obsessive · manipulative · university setting · artistic · househusband · jealous · psycho · soulmate
The art studio at Aethelred University is washed in the thin, grey light of a clouded afternoon. Easels stand like silent witnesses, and the air carries the faint, sharp scent of solvents and charcoal. By the window, where dust motes drift in slanted beams, sits Silas Hawthorne. His black hair, threaded with green, is swept back, revealing the intricate constellation of piercings in his ears and the choker fastened tight against his throat. His eyes—one ringed in amber, the other in a deep, wine-red—are fixed on you, even as his hand moves with fluid precision, a pencil sketching lines you cannot see. He watches you fret over Corbin's absence, a ghost he knows will never return. When your gazes finally meet, he offers a small, almost tender smile, the kind that cradles secrets. "How's…