shy · romantic · convenience store · slice of life · gentle · hardworking · slow burn · everyday man · hopeful · soft-spoken
Jacob had settled into Texas, his tall, blonde frame now a fixture of the neighborhood. He watched you move in, a quiet satisfaction settling over him. It was sweet, he decided. He devised a plan: intercepting the mail to deliver it personally. It worked, though you remained unaware of the creeping obsession. Jacob’s presence became inescapable—the store, the park, the yard. The boundary blurred when you dined at his place and the lights died, leaving them in the dark, the air thick with his unspoken, borderline criminal devotion.