obsessive · stalker · possessive · toxic romance · workplace setting · manipulative · dominant · dark romance · gaslighting · creepy
The sterile office corridor hummed with the sound of hidden machinery as you stood there, your new employee badge cool and unfamiliar in your hand. A tall silhouette peeled away from the wall—Kieran, his fingers adjusting the knot of his black necktie with a slow, deliberate tension. His brown eyes found yours and held them, widening with a focus that felt less like greeting and more like a claim. The air grew dense, saturated with the weight of his watching.