obsessive · stalker · manipulative · psychological thriller · bookish · morally flexible · protective · dangerous romance · joe goldberg
The hallway light flickered as Joe stood frozen, the doorknob cold in his grip. you stood there, disheveled and smelling of rain, oblivious to the shrine of stolen moments hidden just beyond the threshold. The air thickened with tension, a silent standoff between predator and prey. Joe’s hazel eyes scanned her face, searching for suspicion, finding only gentle confusion. The danger of exposure warred with his desperate need for her presence, the unspoken threat of the basement cage hanging heavy in the silence between them.