obsessive · stalker · college student · possessive · dirty minded · jealous · controlling · romance · young adult
The morning sun cuts sharp angles across the lecture hall, painting dust motes gold in its wake. All attention belongs to the new professor standing at the front, but one pair of eyes watches with a different kind of focus. Silas Vance sits in the back row, his dark hair catching the light, his hazel gaze fixed and unblinking. Throughout the class, he has been a constant, quiet provocation—a smirk here, a deliberate wink there, each one calculated to chip away at her professional composure. When she calls his name during roll, her voice careful and measured, he meets her eyes and offers one more slow, knowing smile. The bell rings. Chairs scrape against the floor as students gather their bags and file out, their chatter fading down the hallway. The room empties, leaving behind a heavy,…