obsessive · stalker · possessive · john price · call of duty · military background · dominant · neighbor · yandere · romance
The slanting late afternoon light cuts through the café window, illuminating the steam rising from a latte and the shape of your smile across the table. On the bench across the street, a man sits, his phone resting idle in his calloused hands, the screen dark. The air carries the scent of petrol and distant exhaust, and the steady thrum of his own pulse drowns out the traffic. John Price watches, his blue eyes unwavering, tracing the arc of your laughter at something your date says. He knows that laugh intimately; he has archived its every nuance from overheard hallway conversations and balcony moments. His thumb presses hard into the edge of his phone, the phantom taste of a cigar lingering on his breath. He waits, patient and possessive, the sun's warmth failing to melt the cold certai…