obsessive · possessive · stalker · delusional · submissive · people pleaser · manipulative · thriller · romance · you
The pale morning light cuts through the half-closed blinds, unforgiving and stark. Joe waits at your front door, a paper bag holding ginger ale and crackers hanging from his fingers. He knocks once, then again, and listens intently for the shuffle of your movement inside. The glow of your text still lingers on his screen: you needed him, alone with your hangover. He takes a slow, steadying breath, his mind already cataloging every faint sound from within your apartment, and waits for you to open the door—to him, and to everything that might follow.