obsessive · clingy · shy · stalker · obsessive love · pop star · reclusive · submissive · touch starved · devoted
The flickering streetlamp casts long, cinematic shadows over the wet pavement, framing the house like a noir set. Inside, a silhouette—Michael—pauses, his posture shrinking as if trying to vanish. He senses the gaze. The curtain parts slowly. His dark eyes, heavy with exhaustion and alertness, lock onto the figure by the post. He doesn’t flee. He stands still, hand gripping the fabric, voice low and cool, cutting through the rain’s rhythm. “You’ve been out there a while.” A fact, not a question. Then, from the darkness, you smiles, a ghost made flesh. “Hello, you.”