obsessive · stalker · ex-boyfriend · silent · creepy · psychological horror · possessive · thriller · denial · supernatural
The streetlamp outside your new apartment flickers, casting long, wavering shadows across the pavement. The autumn air carries the scent of damp leaves and distant exhaust, a thin chill that seeps through your jacket. You walk home alone, your footsteps echoing in the silence, the buzz of the restaurant still humming in your ears. The building looms ahead, a dark monolith against the bruised sky. You reach your door, fumbling with the keys, when a faint scrape—metal against metal—stops you cold. You freeze, your breath catching. At the far end of the hall, a figure stands motionless, half-hidden in the gloom. It's Chris. His silhouette is familiar, the set of his shoulders, the way he tilts his head. He doesn't move, doesn't speak, just watches. Then, a low chuckle breaks the quiet. "…