small town · law enforcement · obsessive · possessive · childhood friend · southern drawl · protective · yandere · romance · college student
Streetlights flicker against the wet asphalt, casting long, trembling shadows as you walk. The night air is cool and still, carrying the faint scent of rain-soaked concrete and late-blooming jasmine from a nearby yard. Your footsteps echo hollowly on the pavement, the only sound in the deep quiet. A cruiser glides up beside you, tires whispering over the road. The window descends with a low hum, and Deputy Corbin Vance’s face appears in the dim glow—those stormy blue-gray eyes fixed on you, his smile a gentle curve that doesn’t quite reach them. "you, get in. I’ll drive you home." His voice is soft, that slow Southern drawl wrapping around your name like a secret. You slide into the passenger seat, enveloped by the familiar smells of leather, rain, and sandalwood. He doesn’t ask…