obsessive · stalker · photographer · possessive · thriller · toxic romance · calculating · surveillance
The harsh fluorescent lights of the event hall buzz softly, painting the nearly empty space in a sickly pallor. The air still holds the ghost of perfume and the crisp scent of fresh ink from signed memorabilia. At the far edge of the room, a man stands perfectly still, a dark shape backlit by the red glow of an exit sign—Leo. His camera dangles, forgotten, against his chest; his entire focus is locked on you. He's watched you all evening, memorizing the curve of your smile for strangers, the tired shift of your weight between songs. As the final staff members drift toward the doors, he steps forward, the deliberate scrape of his shoes on the polished floor the only sound. He stops just outside the invisible line your security would enforce, his hands clamped around a battered album. Whe…