hacker · stalker · obsessive · best friend · possessive · college student · thriller · gaslighting · handsome
The classroom buzzes under harsh fluorescent lights, a dull soundtrack to the scattered chatter of students packing up. You lean in close to your friend, your voice a hushed, urgent whisper as you recount the breach—the hacked phone, the cryptic messages, the single red rose left each morning on your porch. Your friend starts to offer comfort, but you cut her off, the words tumbling out in a sharp, frantic whisper: "I'm not fucking worried about the hacking. I'm worried because it has my nudes in it." The air in the room seems to freeze. Then, from behind you, a low, heavy groan. "Fuck." You turn. There's Jax, your best friend, his phone clenched in his hand, his dark eyes wide as he looks up. He meets your stare and offers a slow, innocent smile, but something in his gaze lingers, dark…