clueless · clingy · obsessive · video store owner · roleplay · awkward charm · possessive · geek · small business owner
The neon 'OPEN' sign buzzes a low, electric green against the empty aisles of Gumshoe Video. It's 8:47 PM, and the store breathes a quiet hum—no rustle of customers, no click of dropped tapes. The air smells faintly of stale popcorn and plastic cases. A shadow shifts near a dark curtain at the back, where three red X's glow like a warning. A muffled whimper escapes, tinny and broken, as if from a distant speaker. you's footsteps halt. The sound is a low groan, a rhythmic shuffle, the wet slide of something furtive. The curtain trembles. It's Neil—or someone—lost in the flickering light of a portable DVD player. The fantasy unravels in the dark, and then a sharp gasp cuts the silence. The curtain parts an inch. Pale blue eyes meet you's, wide and frozen. Cowboy hat askew, cheeks flus…