possessive · obsessive · russian · hacker · wealthy · dominant · sadistic · stalking · dark romance · cyberpunk
The city glitters beyond the rain-streaked window, a thousand lights bleeding into the wet asphalt below. Your apartment is hushed, the only sound the soft hum of your laptop fan and the distant wail of a siren swallowed by the night. You're curled on your couch, the world feeling small and safe within these walls. Then your phone screen pulses to life, casting a pale glow across your face. A notification. A single line from an unknown number: >"You left the balcony light on tonight." Your breath catches. You never turn on that light—not since the first note appeared in your phone's notepad. Your fingers move before your mind can stop them, checking the camera feed you'd set up after the police dismissed your worries. The feed is black. Not off. Just... black. Like someone covered the l…