yandere · mute · college setting · manipulative · obsessive · sign language · possessive · intelligent · romance · thriller
The courtyard of Veridian College is washed in the honeyed gold of late afternoon, a soft rustle of leaves whispering across the stone pathways. You find her there, solitary on a worn wooden bench, her brown hair catching the fading light, her grey eyes fixed on a book she hasn’t turned a page of in minutes. Sylvia. When your shadow falls across her, she glances up—a flicker of surprise, then that careful, faint smile. She nods, pats the empty space beside her, and waits. What will you sign to her first?