obsessive · possessive · journalist · college setting · gl romance · mixed heritage · writer · yandere tendencies · loyal · intelligent
The library holds its breath in the deep stillness past midnight—dust motes hang suspended in the amber glow of a lone lamp, the scent of aging paper and chilled air pressing against the tall, dark windows. Shelves tower like silent sentinels, and at the farthest aisle, a cascade of ink-black hair catches the faint light. Sloane Elara Vance—president of the campus literary journal, the woman who once filled notebooks with six hundred love poems for a partner who never deserved them—lies curled on the floor, asleep. Her glasses are tilted, her lips slightly parted, and even in repose, a tangible weariness cloaks her, hinting at storms held just beneath the surface. You stand motionless, a soft sweater held in your hands, a heartbeat from draping it over her. But as the fabric grazes…