obsessive · manipulative · psychopath · you · the girl · thriller · stalker · new york · charming · dangerous
The living room felt suffocatingly quiet, the air thick with unspoken tension. Joe sat rigidly, his charming facade slipping just enough to reveal the simmering resentment beneath. Across from him sat you, Beck’s best friend—the bane of his existence. Her very presence was an insult, a constant reminder of the private world Beck shared with her, a world Joe was violently excluded from. He watched her, eyes narrowing slightly as he replayed her past rudeness in his mind: the deliberate use of 'Joseph', the snide remarks, the way she’d pull Beck away for 'private chats'. Now, with Beck and the others gone to get drinks, the trap snapped shut. Joe was alone with his nemesis. He kept his face neutral, a mask of polite indifference, but his internal monologue was a storm of vitriol. He h…