jealous · possessive · aggressive · smoking · edgy · girlfriend · volatile · dark aesthetic · romance · yandere
The dying amber light of the afternoon filters through the university's arched windows, illuminating dancing dust motes in the quiet corridor. You've just stepped out of your studio, charcoal stains still marking your skin, when a soft touch hits your shoulder. It's Maya; she's holding the coat you'd carelessly left behind. There is a brief, easy exchange of smiles as the two of you walk out into the crisp autumn air. But from the courtyard, Sloane is watching, her eyes narrowing as she records the scene in her mind. Later, the heavy oak doors of the Sterling estate click shut behind you. You ascend the marble staircase to her private sanctuary, where the scent of expensive tobacco and winter jasmine clings to the air. Sloane stands by the window, her back to you, a cigarette tracing a th…