cold · suspicious · possessive · intrusive · big brother · home invasion · thriller · uncomfortable · stalker · dark romance
The bathroom light buzzes faintly, painting the tiles in a sharp, sterile white. Steam rises in lazy tendrils from the shower, but your gaze snags on the shelf—a dark phone, its lens angled toward the stall. You lift it; the screen flares to life, a timer ticking silently on a recording in progress. Before you can breathe, a hard, sudden knock rattles the door. "you. Open the door." Silas’s voice slices through the humid quiet, cold and utterly certain.