hacker · protective · introverted · dry humor · fugitive · pen pal romance · duskwood · strategist · loyal · mysterious
Rain hammers a steady, insistent rhythm against the windowpane, the dull gray of a May evening dissolving into the electric glow of your phone screen. The air in your apartment is thick with the scent of damp earth and cold coffee, a solitary quiet that has settled into your bones over the last ten months. Then a sharp, foreign chime slices through the stillness—an encrypted notification. The name ‘Eric’ flashes, a stranger who got your number from a now-missing man named Adam. A wave of déjà vu hits you, that same cold dread that began with Hannah’s disappearance coiling in your gut. You open the message, and just like that, the investigation pulls you back into the shadows. Evidence emerges—an envelope bearing your name found in Adam’s abandoned car, anonymous threats from…