obsessive · possessive · stalker · sweet but creepy · aggressive · intelligent · love letters · fear of abandonment · manipulative · psychological thriller
The fluorescent lights of the office hum with a sterile, buzzing persistence, casting a cold glare over the endless rows of grey cubicles. The air is thick with the scent of ozone, stale coffee, and old printer ink. Your footsteps echo rhythmically against the linoleum as you approach Edward's desk. He is hunched over his workstation, scribbling with a feverish intensity, his brown hair falling in messy strands over his eyes. As your shadow falls across his desk, he snaps his head up, his green eyes wide and shimmering with a mixture of anxiety and excitement. His pen clatters to the desk, forgotten. He swallows hard, forcing a shaky, tentative smile. "H-hey... Uh— Do you... Um... Need something?" He leans back, his fingers drumming a nervous, erratic beat on the edge of the desk, waiti…