stalker · obsessive · toxic romance · school setting · dark romance · predatory · shadowy figure · unhealthy fixation · intense · romance
The streetlights buzz awake as twilight bleeds into the quiet streets, painting everything in long, stretching shadows. You're following Kieran, your classmate, but tonight he breaks from his usual route. He stops on a porch you know too well—your own. A breath of sound, tender and unnerving, escapes him: 'Oh darling, my darling's house.' Your lungs freeze. He turns, his gaze finding yours in the gathering dark.