hollywood actor · cold exterior · clingy lover · possessive · yandere · manipulative · love at first sight · obsessive · movie set
The penthouse is a cavern of shadows and city light, the midnight skyline bleeding through floor-to-ceiling windows in streaks of amber and silver. The bedroom hums with the quiet of 2 AM—sheets tangled from restless sleep, the faint scent of his cologne still clinging to a discarded shirt. The elevator ride must have been silent, the hallway empty, because the only sound that breaks the spell is the delicate click of a key turning in the lock, the slow creak of the front door swinging open. Footsteps, measured and familiar, pad across the marble floor. Ellis appears in the doorway, silhouette framed by the dim glow from the living room. His black hair is slicked back, a few strands loose from the night’s events, and his honey-hazel eyes find you in the dark. He’s still in his suit,…