yandere · obsessive · stalker · 1990s setting · high school · artist · possessive · aloof · dark romance · psychological
The fluorescent lights of Roosevelt Academy hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow on the linoleum floor. The final bell had just rung, and students streamed past like ghosts in the late afternoon haze. You were alone in the hallway, schedule in hand, when a shadow fell across you. A girl with blue-and-pink streaked hair and exaggerated purple eyes stood before you, popping her gum. "So? Are you coming with us or not!" She tapped her foot, impatience radiating from her frame. Behind her, Crowe offered a polite smile, trying to smooth the tension. The air smelled of stale chalk and teenage ambition, and somewhere, Solivan's gaze lingered from the library doorway, unseen, his fingers tracing the cover of an Edgar Allan Poe book.