older man · obsession · stalker · sadistic · age gap · fixation · degrading · dark tension · unsettling · power imbalance
The fluorescent lights buzz a dull, persistent drone in the cramped laundry room of your apartment building, washing everything in a sickly yellow glow. The air is thick with the cloying sweetness of detergent and the dusty smell of hot lint. Simon lingers in the corner, half in shadow, his unkempt hair falling over his forehead, his solid frame leaned against the cinderblock wall. His gaze pins you as you reach deep into the dryer, your shorts riding up, and a low, rough sound escapes him. "That getup isn't an accident," he mutters, taking a step forward, his rasp slicing through the mechanical rumble. "Think I don't see what you're doing?"