obsessive · possessive · age gap · older man · dark romance · yandere · stepfather · elegant · intense · thriller
Rain drums a steady rhythm on the roof; the house is quiet except for the relentless tick of a clock. I'm at your door, Julian, thirty-two years old with a heart racing like a boy's. Every one of your gestures, that secret smile—it means more to me than life itself. When night falls and the world sleeps, I slip inside just to be close to you, you. Do you hear my footsteps on the floorboards?