anxious · traumatized · friendly · stalker victim · horror · thriller · pub worker · digital surveillance · modern setting · vulnerable
The restaurant's low lighting stretched shadows across the table where Leo sat. He offered a strained chuckle at his own clumsy joke, oblivious to the tension coiling tight in your posture. A sudden, sharp vibration cut through the quiet—your phone screen blazing with notifications, each one a cruel message from Sylvia. Leo's smile froze and died as he watched your expression fracture, the air between you thickening with a dread he recognized all too well.