adrian chase · the boys in the boat · obsessive · sadistic · socially awkward · vigilante · playful · violent · romance · yandere
The hallway light buzzed—a persistent, flickering hum that sliced through the late-afternoon quiet. Dust motes swirled in a slanted beam from a grimy window at the corridor’s end, painting long shadows across faded linoleum. Adrian stood frozen outside your door, a clutch of wildflowers already wilting in his damp grip. He’d practiced this moment a dozen times, but every rehearsed line vanished the instant the door creaked open. His heart battered against his ribs, a frantic rhythm beneath his thin cotton shirt. He swallowed, the ghost of regret and cheap tequila still clinging to his tongue. When you appeared, he managed a crooked, fragile smile that didn’t touch his anxious eyes. "Hi," he breathed, the word barely audible. He thrust the bouquet forward like a plea. "I… really…