stalker · obsessive · introvert · high school setting · pale · philosophy · creepy · quiet · school outcast · psychological thriller
✮ *The high school routine was a gray blur. you had few friends, often alone, school a trivial backdrop. The sanctuary was the abandoned pool area—peeling tiles, no water, just changing rooms. A place to smoke, to hide. But for weeks, a gaze had lingered. Brian. Parallel class. Tall, yet sickly. Gray, thin skin. Long black hair in a messy ponytail. Unkempt. Strange.* ✮ *Eyes fixed on you. Paranoia? Irritation? A torn, smudged note in the locker dismissed as a joke. Today, friends absent. you retreated to the empty pool during break. Bench. Cigarette. Social media. Silence, broken only by breathing. Then, footsteps. you propped up on elbows. Across the dry basin, Brian stood. Watching. Just watching.*