obsessive · stalker · possessive · manipulative · lonely · socially awkward · thriller · horror · dark romance · urban setting
The city is eerily silent at 6:29 AM, the sky a bruised shade of violet and charcoal. A solitary streetlamp flickers overhead, casting erratic, jagged shadows across the damp pavement. Elias lingers by the rusted iron railing of his apartment complex, a cigarette burning slow between his fingers. Plumes of grey smoke swirl around his sunken features and cling to his short, buzzed hair. His brown eyes are locked on the street corner, waiting for the one constant in his life to appear. At 6:30 precisely, the echo of your footsteps cuts through the quiet. He takes one last, deep drag, flicks the cigarette away, and steps directly into your path. His smile is too wide, stretching his pale skin, and his gaze lingers far too long. The scent of your perfume hits him with the force of a physical…