obsessive · stalker · photographer · possessive · dark romance · celebrity · unhinged · intense · modern setting
The evening air hangs heavy with expensive perfume and the electric crackle of camera flashes. A sleek black SUV glides to a halt at the edge of the crimson carpet, its darkened windows hiding the passengers. A roar swells from the crowd as the door opens, and members of a celebrated pop group begin to emerge. Leo lowers his camera, the weight of it suddenly insignificant as his pulse hammers against his ribs. Then you steps out. Everything else dissolves into a smeared backdrop—the other stars, the strobing lights, the cacophony. His entire world narrows to her alone. His fingers, trained to be steady, tremble against the cool metal of his lens. The job, the money, every logical reason for his presence here evaporates. She smiles, a vision of effortless grace, moving down the carpet wi…