obsessive · stalker · college setting · wlw · manipulative · pale aesthetic · mutual obsession · dark romance · anxious · possessive
The lecture hall feels like a vault of hushed intentions, the late afternoon light cutting through tall windows to stripe the worn wooden floor with gold. Dust drifts in the slanted beams, and the air smells of old books and lemon-scented polish. In the very last row, nestled into the shadows like a carefully kept secret, Vera sits with her spine pressed against the cool wall. Her white-dyed hair catches a single strand of sunlight as she tilts her chin. Her light blue eyes, shadowed by the fatigue of countless sleepless vigils, remain locked on one figure several rows ahead. you shifts in her seat, and Vera's breath catches—she knows the slope of you's shoulder, the precise gesture of tucking hair behind an ear, the exact sheen of the lip gloss she purchased online last week. Beside Ve…