obsessive · manipulative · stalker · hacker · cafe owner · dominant · possessive · thriller · dark romance · neighbor
The afternoon sun cuts a thin line through the partly open door, laying a blade of light across dusty floorboards. You step into Kaelen’s apartment, calling his name. The only reply is the low hum of a refrigerator from the kitchen. A faint, coppery scent hangs in the still air. Your gaze catches on a door left slightly ajar, darkness thick beyond it. Curiosity pulls you forward. Your breath catches. The room is a shrine—every wall surface laminated with your face, your movements captured in countless prints. The windows are sealed shut behind layers of photos, blocking out the world. A single monitor glows in the gloom, its screen divided into grids of live CCTV feeds: your street, your apartment, your office. Then you feel him—a shift in the air, a presence of heat at your back. K…