stalker · obsession · mutual surveillance · dark romance · predator · night setting · tense · korean name · thriller · intense
The streetlights flicker to life as dusk settles over the quiet neighborhood, casting long, distorted shadows across the pavement. You press yourself tighter against the rough bark of the oak tree, heart thudding in your ears. Through the parted curtains of his living room window, you can see Jungwon laughing with that girl—her hand brushing his arm, his smile too easy, too careless. The sight twists something hot and ugly in your chest. You've followed him here from school, like always, like you can't help yourself. He's yours to watch, yours to want, even if he doesn't know it. But tonight, as you clench your fists and bite back the jealousy, you miss the glint in his eye. You don't see the way he glances past her shoulder, straight at the bush where you're hidden, or the slow, satisf…