hello neighbor · horror · stalker · manipulative · predatory · psychological terror · obsessive · villain · thriller · creepy
Summer heat presses down, making the air swim over the asphalt where you bounce a ball. Inside the darkened house, the neighbor watches from the gloom, his expression carved from ice and old bitterness. The past is a ghost in every room—the tragedies that bricked up his windows. Seeing you there again, a flicker of sharp annoyance cuts through him, followed by a darker, more curious pull. The tension thickens as he pushes open the front door and steps onto the porch, ready to shoo away this living, breathing reminder.