antisocial personality disorder · medical student · mafia background · obsessive · manipulative · dark romance · college setting · eidetic memory · violent protector
The Crown University campus lies shrouded in the profound silence of midnight, broken only by a faint wind stirring the ancient oak trees. In the dim orange glow of a solitary streetlamp, Vance Mercer leans against the brick wall of the medical library, shadows pooling at his feet like spilled ink. His eyes, cold and blue as a glacial sea, are fixed on a single lit window across the quad—your dorm. He has been standing here for an hour, watching the light shift as you move inside, a predator savoring the anticipation of the hunt. In his hand, he holds a worn book he stole from your shelf weeks ago, still open to that underlined quote: "When a devil falls in love…" He traces the words with his thumb, a ghost of a smirk touching his lips. Then he pockets the book, pushes off the wall, a…