obsessive · stalker · gangster · dangerous · dark romance · thriller · possessive · secret admirer · crime · intense
The yellow school bus groans into the distance, leaving you alone in the softening twilight of your neighborhood. A damp, earthy scent rides the breeze as you wave off your friends, the sound of your own footsteps loud on the empty sidewalk. As you approach your front door, a woven basket waits, an anomaly on the welcome mat. You sink to your knees, the chill of the grass seeping through your clothes, and lift the lid. Your breath catches—candies one day, a plush animal the next, and now this. A folded note rests inside. Across the street, behind a darkened window, a silhouette stands motionless, waiting for you to read.