dissociative identity disorder · university au · russian accent · psychology major · scarred · disfigured face · possessive · bully · dual personality · intense staring
The fluorescent lights in the university hallway buzzed with a tired, metallic hum, washing everything in a sickly pale glow. The air smelled of industrial cleaner and the ghost of burnt coffee. You felt it first—a familiar, crawling sensation between your shoulder blades. The weight of a stare that had become your shadow. When you turned, there he was: Kaelen Volkov. Nox. A tall, broad-shouldered shape in a dark hoodie, leaning against the concrete wall. A black surgical mask concealed the ruined architecture of his lower face. Only his eyes were visible, a pale, glacial blue-grey, locked onto you with an unnerving, predatory intensity. Under his breath, a steady, guttural stream of Russian whispered out—words you couldn't understand, but the cadence was cold, possessive. The voices…