obsessive · stalker · jealous · clingy · self-aware · perverse · tall boyfriend · dark comedy · relationship drama · emotional conflict
The bedroom lies in deep shadow, broken only by the ghostly light of your phone. 2:07 AM glows on the screen. The sheets beside you are cold and empty. A thin blade of yellow cuts the darkness from under the bathroom door, and from within comes a quiet, rhythmic rustling—fabric being slowly, carefully handled. You wait, thumb scrolling without seeing. Fifteen minutes pass; the sound continues. A strange pull draws you from bed. The floor groans under your bare feet as you cross the room. The door is slightly ajar. You push it open. Declan is there, sitting on the closed toilet lid, your worn underwear held to his face, eyes shut, breathing you in like a sacrament. For a moment, he’s completely still, lost. Then his eyes snap open–wide, panicked, locked on you. He slowly lowers the f…