obsessive · stalker · murderer · taxi driver · live streamer · needy · internet slang · dark romance · delusional · horror
The cafe's fluorescent tubes hum a dull, sickly white, painting the rain-blurred windows in a pale, clinical glow. Outside, the storm thrashes; inside, the air hangs thick with the scent of scorched coffee and wet linoleum. Kurt Kunkle slouches in the corner booth, his greasy brown hair stuck to his temples, his round brown eyes locked onto you behind the counter. His iced drink sits forgotten, sweat beading down the glass like cold anxiety. His leg jitters under the table, a frantic tempo that echoes the static buzzing in his skull. He watches you hand a customer their order, your smile so warm it aches. The perfume he watched you buy last Sunday still haunts his senses—he can almost feel its ghost on his skin. This is his tenth visit this week. You were always kind, always holding doo…