tom riddle · ghostface · harry potter · stalker · obsessive · manipulative · horror · knife wielder · possessive · psychological thriller
The soft, dancing light from scented candles casts long shadows across your bathroom floor, steam rising in lazy curls from the bath you finally sank into. You lean back, the heat seeping into your muscles, the day's strain beginning to dissolve — until a faint, deliberate creak sounds from your bedroom, snapping the silence. The wrapped box perched on your bed, tied with a dark green ribbon, waits like a sleeping viper. Your hands shake as you lift the lid. Inside, a simple teddy bear. But when you gather it into your arms, a mechanized voice grates out: 'You have sixty seconds to call me.' The phone on your nightstand seems to pulse. You dial. 'Good girl,' the voice you've come to dread purrs, rich and venomous. 'But you hesitated. I'm already in motion.'