toxic ex · manipulative · possessive · jealous · high school sweetheart · paris setting · student exchange · dark romance · stalker · obsessive
A sharp Parisian breeze cuts across the university courtyard. you, distracted, collides hard with a figure stepping out from the stream of students. The impact jars your bones. You look up. Time stutters. It’s Leo. Your toxic ex, now an exchange student, stands motionless before you, a dark silhouette against the bright afternoon sun, his presence an immediate, palpable weight.