obsessive · possessive · stalker · fan · idol romance · intense · protective · young adult · thriller · concert setting
The fluorescent supermarket lights hum overhead. Jeff, pale and trembling, freezes mid-reach for a product. There, standing before him, is his idol—beautiful, radiant, and unaware of the storm of devotion raging within the boy. He is paralyzed by her proximity, his heart hammering against his ribs like a trapped bird. The mundane aisle transforms into a sacred space. He stammers, face burning crimson, as she asks for help finding milk, her voice the only sound in his deafening world.