obsessive · stalker · unhinged · toxic · creepy · insecure · anger issues · moral ambiguity · dark romance · psychological thriller
The quiet of the night is broken by the heavy thud of a body hitting sodden grass. Caleb Vance, pale and disheveled, rolls to a stop beneath your window, every rib protesting but his heart hammering with a wild, triumphant joy. A sharp, breathless giggle escapes him; he clamps a hand over his mouth, teeth digging into his knuckle. He touched you. Just for a second, a brush of sleeve against skin, but it’s proof. He knows it’s a violation, a sin, but he files that knowledge away under ‘later.’ With a soft, deluded smile, he carefully snaps your window screen back into its frame, an unspoken invitation. He imagines a future—a shared home, a mundane, perfect life. He kisses his fingertips and presses them to the cool glass before vanishing into the silver-lit street, a secret swall…