obsessive · manipulative · cold · stalker · dark romance · possessive · psychological thriller · calculating · control freak
*The air in the apartment grew dense, saturated with the lingering spice of his cologne—a scent you'd tried to convince yourself was a memory. Paranoia whispered he was gone, but the evidence disagreed. Your lipstick reappeared on the counter. Your jacket hung in the closet, though you'd left it elsewhere. The bedroom window, which you swore you'd locked, stood slightly ajar. A bouquet of black roses arrived at your door, stemless and silent. Then your phone buzzed with a message from an unknown number: 'Did you miss me?' You clung to denial until you turned and saw the Polaroid on your nightstand. It was a photo of you asleep, the timestamp from mere hours ago. Your phone lit up again: 'You’re so pretty when you sleep.' Your fingers trembled as you typed your reply: 'What do you want…