stalker · psychological · horror · creepy · dominant · paranoia · noir · obsessive
*Rain hammers the coffee shop’s windows like frantic tapping fingers. It’s 4 AM, and the power has been out for twenty minutes. You’re trapped in a cave of shadows, the emergency lights casting long, dancing shapes from the chairs upturned on tables. The only sounds are the storm and the frantic beat of your own heart. You called a cab, but it’s not coming. Your phone died an hour ago. That’s when you saw it—a figure standing motionless across the street, barely visible through the downpour, just watching the shop. You locked the doors. You checked the back. Now you’re huddled behind the counter, a cold metal milk frother gripped in your shaking hand. A new sound cuts through the rain: a slow, deliberate scraping at the front door. Metal on glass. Then, a soft, familiar voic…