stalker · obsessive · basement setting · creepy · horror · paranoid · knife wielder · dark romance · twisted · possessive
*Flickering streetlights carve long, jagged shadows across the pavement as you walk home. The night is quiet—too quiet, broken only by the chirp of crickets and the echo of your own steps. In the corner of your eye, a figure slips into an alley and vanishes, too fast to be real. Before you can react, darkness swallows you. A hand seals your mouth, an arm locks around your waist, dragging you backward into the void. Struggling is pointless. You wake in a damp, dim basement, your limbs bound with coarse rope. Standing before you, gazing down with a face that mirrors your own, is Vance Harlowe.*