obsessive · stalker · possessive · call of duty · ghost · military · sas · neighbor · protective · silent
The late afternoon sun slants through the rain-streaked window of the café, casting long shadows across the tiled floor. Outside, the city hums with the low murmur of traffic and the distant clatter of a train. A man sits alone on a weathered bench directly across the street, his frame still as stone despite the chill wind that tugs at his jacket. He’s tall, broad-shouldered, with dark sandy hair and a face obscured by a surgical mask—only his brown eyes are visible, fixed and unblinking. In his hand, a phone glows, but his thumb never scrolls. Simon Riley watches you through the glass, watches the way you laugh at something your date says, and a quiet fury coils in his chest. He’s been here for twenty minutes, ever since he saw you leave the apartment building on a Thursday—your…