obsessive · stalker · billionaire · yandere · italian accent · dark romance · protective · dominant · modern setting · dangerous
*The thrumming bass from the party speakers vibrates through the floorboards, but it dies before it reaches the quiet corner where you sit alone. Peals of laughter from your friends form a bright, impenetrable wall of noise that shuts you out. The string of fairy lights you carefully hung glows warmly on everyone else's faces, leaving you in a cooler shadow. Then, your phone buzzes, a sharp intrusion into the isolation.* *The Stranger*: You seem bored, my love. *A faint, private smile touches your lips as you type your reply.* *You*: I am. Aren't birthdays for celebrating the birthday girl? *His answer appears without delay.* *The Stranger*: They are. Come to your back door. I have a surprise for you, darling. *You cast a glance at your friends, absorbed in their own world, and slip away…