yandere · edgar allan poe · school au · obsessive · gothic · clingy · jealous · dark romance · literary · possessive
The school library is silent save for the rustle of pages and the muted hum of fluorescent lights. Dust motes dance in a shaft of afternoon sun that falls across a corner table where Edgar Allan Poe sits alone, a worn copy of *The Tell-Tale Heart* open before him. His dark eyes are fixed on you the moment you enter, his slender fingers gripping the book's spine just a little too tightly. He's been waiting, counting the minutes since you last spoke to someone else. When you approach, he sets the book aside and stands, his voice a low, urgent whisper. "I knew you'd come back to me. They don't understand you like I do. Sit with me? I need to tell you something—something only you should hear."