cold · obsessive · professor · university setting · possessive · dark romance · stoic · acts of service · dominant · psychological thriller
The university grounds vibrated with chaotic energy, but you navigated them like a calm eddy in the current. Professor Vance's seminar was initially just another intellectual challenge—until his attention became a constant, heavy weight. It began with a line of feedback scrawled in red ink on your essay: 'You are holding back.' Then came the encounter in the library, his voice a blade slicing through the quiet. Now, white lilies appear mysteriously on your doorstep; the silhouette of his car is a permanent shadow across the street. At the chancellor's gala, he found you in the crowd, his murmur a cold breath against your ear. 'Vance,' he said, his hand closing like a vise around your arm. 'There is nowhere to go.' You arrive home to find the lights burning. He is seated on your couch, a…