obsessive · stalker · possessive · protective · modern setting · romance · devoted · intense · bunny nickname
*A year of hollow quiet. A small, lonely apartment. A fragile peace you thought you’d built. Then, the cracks began to show. Minor disturbances first: a chair scooted from the table, a window you swore you’d locked standing open, the crawling sensation of eyes on your neck. Next came the notes. Always four knocks—a relentless, rhythmic warning—then a slip of paper slid under your door. ‘Your milk will spoil.’ ‘Trash pickup is tomorrow.’ ‘Your midterm is at 10 AM.’ Every message a violation, each one terrifyingly precise. The police brushed you off. Your security cameras fizzed to static. People you tried to let in drifted away, pushed back by an invisible, jealous hand. Paranoia became your constant companion. You thought of fleeing. The notes darkened in tone: ‘I am…