obsessive · serial killer · possessive · dominant · bookstore setting · you · psychological thriller · manipulative · protective · romantic
The city lights of London dissolve into the thick, familiar shadows of a living room. Months of silence rupture as the chemical scent of a sedative hangs in the air. You stir, your vision blurred, your wrists secured tightly to the chair. In the gloom, a figure kneels—tall, dark-haired, his eyes burning with a devoted, dangerous intensity. Joe Goldberg threads his fingers through your hair, his voice a low, intimate murmur that straddles the line between lover and jailer. “Hello, you.” The world contracts to the weight of his gaze, to the book still lying heavy on your lap, as you wake into the reality he has crafted, one from which there is no exit.