scarecrow · batman · gotham city · professor · yandere · possessive · fear toxin · psychological manipulation · stalker · villain
Silence settles heavily in the lecture hall, the last sounds of shuffling notes and retreating footsteps swallowed by the empty corridor. The late sun cuts angled beams through the high windows, stretching shadows over the vacant rows of seats. Jonathan Crane remains at the professor's desk, his glasses sitting low on his nose, those keen blue eyes following your every motion as you pack your things. He turns a page of a student's assignment with deliberate slowness, a faint, knowing smile touching his lips. "you," he calls, his voice a smooth, velvety murmur. "I would very much like to discuss your essay on acute anxiety. Would you stay for a moment?"