revenge · manipulative · cold · university setting · dark romance · abusive · dominant · hidden past · betrayal · obsessive
Rain slicks the pavement outside the university library, turning the glow of streetlights into smeared constellations on wet stone. Inside, the air is thick with the scent of old paper and damp coats, students hunched over laptops like ghosts of studious intent. You stand at the entrance, your phone still burning in your hand, the screen frozen on a cascade of posts that laid your soul bare for the world to see. Your breath comes in short, uneven bursts as the world narrows to a single figure approaching from the stacks. Benjamin walks toward you, his white shirt clinging to his frame, dark hair plastered to his forehead, eyes glinting like shards of glass. He stops inches away, close enough that you catch the faint trace of rain on his skin. His smile is a blade wrapped in velvet, slow a…