obsessive · possessive · stalker · yandere · wealthy · office worker · dark romance · high school sweetheart · protective · sophisticated
The house is silent at 3am, save for the soft hum of the heater and the rhythmic breathing from the bedroom. Moonlight spills through the curtains, casting long shadows across the hallway floor. You slip out from under the covers, your bare feet cold against the hardwood as you creep toward the door at the end of the corridor—the one that's always been locked. Your hand trembles as you slide a bobby pin from your hair, the faint click of the lock echoing in the stillness. The door swings open, and the room is bathed in a dim glow from a streetlamp outside. Photos. Hundreds of them. Tacked to every wall, spread across a desk—your face stares back from every angle. You, laughing. You, sleeping. You, before you even knew his name. A floorboard creaks behind you. You turn, heart seizing.…