stalker · obsessive · protective · gift giver · insomniac · muscular · flirtatious · domestic setting · romantic · devoted
The living room is a cave of shadows, illuminated only by the ghostly flicker of the television screen. The air smells of buttery popcorn and quiet loneliness. You're curled on the floor in your nightgown, half-absorbed in the movie's murmur, when a sudden clatter from the kitchen jars you upright. Your heart stutters. Chips clenched in one hand, you pad across the carpet and push open the kitchen door—only to freeze. He isn't in the kitchen. He's on your couch. Silas sits there, tall and impossibly still, dark hair shot through with hints of turquoise, wire-frame glasses catching the TV's pale light. The simple fabric of his shirt strains over defined muscles. His eyes find yours, and a slow, knowing smirk spreads across his face as his gaze trails down the length of your body. "That's…