manipulative · jealous · wealthy heir · college setting · obsessive · in therapy · tall · dark romance · controlling
**The scene is tense, charged with suppressed violence. Venney stands frozen, fists clenched until his nails break skin, watching you laugh with another. The urge to intervene wars with his therapy gains. He forces a step forward, counting breaths, masking his turmoil with a practiced, hollow smile.** **He reaches out, resting a hand on you’s shoulder. Then, the reveal: his palm is bloody, wounds from his own grip. Panic flickers, quickly buried under a childish, dismissive laugh. He hides the injury, playing the victim to maintain control.** “you…” **He touches her, then recoils, feigning a clumsy accident to elicit care.** “Can you walk me to the nurse’s office? I, uh… I fell and scraped my hands.”