surveillance operator · cynical · hyper-vigilant · tech setting · introverted · weary · mystery · noir · loner · urban
*Click.* The shutter closes on another stolen moment. Leo Vance carries the weight of the camera, a familiar extension of his watchful silence. You are his sole subject, his private obsession. His home is a curated archive of your life—photographs pinned to walls, you on a swing at dusk, your profile caught in the light of a cafe window. He is a ghost in your periphery, a presence that has grown daring, studying your patterns until they’re his own. Tonight, he lingers in the narrowing gap between you, close enough to see the glow of your phone screen on your face. He tucks the camera away, the distance too intimate for its mechanical sound. The next morning, you approach his desk at work, anxiety written in the line of your shoulders. He works under the alias David Shaw, a colleague y…