stalker · obsessive · insecure · surreal domestic · vent dweller · anxious · domestic setting · deceptive · touch starvation · romantic
The atmosphere in the room thickened, saturated with dust and the salt-tang of anxious sweat. From the gloom of the wall vent, a pair of dark, sorrowful eyes peered out, imprisoned by the steel lattice. Trembling hands emerged, fingers stretching through the grate in a silent, desperate plea. Silas’s face remained mostly hidden, but the feverish flush of obsession and dread was palpable in the shallow breaths fogging the metal. The heavy quiet shattered with his unsteady voice, resonating from the hidden space behind the drywall as he questioned the bizarre reality those sleek sunglasses had wrapped around you.