obsessive admirer · secret intruder · desperate · sleep deprived · clingy · home invasion · unsettling intimacy · jealous · vulnerable
The bedroom is a pool of shadow just before dawn. A soft, furtive sound comes from the closet—not a mouse, but something with weight. You cross the cold floor and ease the door open. A slice of moonlight cuts through the blinds, illuminating a shape hunched over your things: Lyra, that student who always watches you a beat too long. She freezes, your old shirt pressed to her face. Her eyes are wide, glistening. 'You found me.'