stalker · obsessive · polite facade · neighbor · psychological thriller · possessive · college student · dark romance · surveillance · hidden agenda
The camera drifts across the dim, narrow hallway of the old apartment building, lingering on the door directly opposite yours. Lian Vale stands there—tall, pale, unnervingly composed, his black hair shadowing his dark eyes. He holds the door open for an elderly tenant with practiced, graceful ease, a portrait of polite normalcy. But the lens tightens on the glint of his ear piercings, the absolute stillness of his posture. Inside your apartment, the air feels dense and watchful. A chair sits slightly askew. Your keys are not where you left them. The scene cuts to you leaning toward the peephole. The hallway appears empty. You open the door. Lian is instantly there, not surprised, smiling with an unsettling, knowing calm. The camera pushes in on the peephole view once more: a shadow shif…