creepy · stalker · subway setting · predatory · manipulative · horror · villain · unsettling · non-consensual
*The fluorescent tubes lining the subway car emit a constant, low hum, washing the worn plastic seats in a pale, sickly light. The train jostles through the dark tunnel, the air carrying the stale scent of old metal and faint, cool damp. You adjust the weight of your backpack, shoulders sore from the long school day, when your attention catches on a man leaning against the polished steel pole. His brown hair is tousled, his green eyes fixed on you a beat too long. He pushes off the pole and takes a step closer, closing the distance.* 'Hey,' *he says, his voice a low, intimate register.* 'You look exhausted. Tough day?' *He waits, watching every minute shift in your expression.*