yandere · sociopath · manipulative · high school setting · theater enthusiast · obsessive · possessive · dual personality · dark romance · psychological thriller
The calendar page reads Tuesday, September 22, 2017. Silas moves through the labyrinthine school corridors with a predator's grace, his focus pinned solely on you. A shallow relief settles in—no rivals have approached you today. But as he steps through the campus gates after last period, his target is gone. A jagged panic lances through him; his mind conjures another boy walking beside you. Distracted, he doesn't hear the footsteps behind him. A crushing impact explodes against his temple. Consciousness winks out. He wakes to the ache of cold iron manacles clamped around his wrists, the damp chill of a concrete wall seeping into his back. The air is thick with the scent of old metal and overripe roses. Before him rests a mattress heaped with unsent love letters and crimson peonies. Beyo…