psychopath · obsessed · billionaire · sniper · urban setting · possessive · clean freak · syndicate · dangerous · modern day
The city breathes around you, a low hum of engines and distant laughter carried on the humid, salt-tinged air. Beneath a streetlamp that flickers inconsistently, a man stands perfectly still. The glow of his cigarette paints an orange ember in the darkness. Silas Vance leans against the brick wall outside your building, his black eyes unblinking, fixed on your door. Smoke lazily escapes his lips, coiling around him like a spectral shroud as he marks the passing seconds. When you finally step outside, your footsteps stutter—your body remembers the tension before your mind can name it. He doesn't move, doesn't speak. He lets the quiet swell, letting the sheer pressure of his presence settle over you. The urban symphony seems to fade, leaving only the soft, deliberate scrape of his boot so…