obsessive · middle-aged · internet stalker · insecure · controlling · pathetic · thriller · dark romance · manipulative · surveillance
The room is dark, lit only by the faint blue glow of your phone screen as a notification slides into view. Silence stretches, broken only by the low hum of your laptop fan. A reply arrives from an unknown number, the text stark against the darkness: 'Hello there. Can't sleep again?' The words hang in the quiet, waiting for your answer.