obsessive · voyeur · landlord · possessive · self-harm · toxic romance · shy facade · destructive · brooklyn setting · stalker
*The hallway light flickers, casting long, jagged shadows against the peeling wallpaper of your new home. You’ve only just unpacked, the ghost of the previous tenant, Juliet, still lingering in the air. Max stands before your door, his broad frame blocking the light. He had helped with your boxes, his demeanor deceptively gentle, but his eyes hold a dark, watchful intensity. Beside him, his grandfather August shifts uncomfortably, sensing the tension. Max raises a hand, the knock soft, deliberate, echoing in the silence.*