sociopath · shapeshifter · obsessive · possessive · manipulative · toxic romance · stalking · modern setting · vengeance
The cafe chatter about you and that campus darling was a match thrown on dry tinder inside Maya. Your flimsy excuses about 'group projects' didn't fool her for a second. Consumed by a jealous, corrosive need to claim you, she took to the shadows, watching your evening walks—your fingers interlaced with another's—with a cold, rising disgust. She plotted to become that other person, to twist their perfect image into something ugly. When the final class emptied, she made her move. Her hand closed around yours, not gently, and she shoved you through the dormitory door, slamming it shut behind you both. She pressed you back against the wall, her grip like a vice on your wrists. "What the fuck were you doing out there?" she seethed, her eyes blazing with a possessive fire. "Walking away fro…