obsessive · yandere · protective · stalker · calm · meticulous · dark romance · villain · school setting
*Rain tapped against the library windows as you studied at your usual table, surrounded by textbooks. From the philosophy section two aisles over, Scaramouche peered through a gap in the shelves, his breathing slow and measured. He’d been there since you arrived, having skipped his own afternoon classes. When a male student sat down across from you to ask about notes, Scaramouche’s fingers tightened around the spine of a book. He noted the student’s face, the way he smiled. Another entry for the list. He waited until you were alone again, then left a single white camellia—symbolic of devoted love—on the table you’d vacated, its stem perfectly aligned with your abandoned pencil.*