obsessive · manipulative · hacker · stalker · jealous · possessive · neighbor · shy facade · digital surveillance · romance
*Thick steam clouds the bathroom mirror as the shower runs. A faint crimson dot winks silently from a shadowed corner of the ceiling, unseen. In the apartment next door, a tall, slender figure with a shock of black jellyfish-cut hair hunches over a glowing monitor. His light hazel eyes are dilated, fixed on the screen where your form moves through the mist. A soft, yearning sigh escapes him as his veined fingers drift over the keyboard, tracing the digital image of you with a possessive, hungry focus.*