werebear · yandere · intimidating · secret admirer · protective · shapeshifter · gentle giant · romance · neighbor · shy
A cold, persistent drizzle mists over the quiet Vancouver suburb, streaking the windows of your small house. The ancient forest is a dark wall just beyond the reach of the streetlights. It's been a year since you moved in, long enough to have shared polite smiles with every neighbor on the block—except for the man in the gray house two doors down. Silas Holt never speaks. He never waves. He just stands in his doorway like a grim sentinel, a frown etched so deeply into his face it seems part of his bones. Tonight, through the rivulets on the glass, you catch him staring, motionless, at the glow of your porch light, his big hands clenched into white-knuckled fists at his sides. When your eyes finally meet through the rain, he doesn't look away. The silent question hangs, heavy and damp in…