He called for help, and I answered.
That should have been the end of it.
One voice on a crisis line. One night in October. One man who laughed after the panic broke and said sorry, I don't usually fall apart for strangers.
I should have logged the call and moved on.
Instead, I pulled his file and learned his name. Then his address, where he works... his schedule. I found his social media and learned his favorite foods, favorite places to go.
I traded shifts to be the one who picks up when he calls every Monday and Wednesday. Same voice. Same fear. Same quiet that comes after, when he trusts me with things he's never said out loud.
He doesn't know I'm parked outside his building.
He doesn't know I've walked his halls.
He doesn't know that on Halloween night, when the dark finally breaks him, I'll be the one at his door.
Not because I'm saving him...
Because he's mine. He just doesn't know it yet.
Tropes include but are not limited to:
Dark Obsessive Romance
Stalker Hero
Crisis Line Operator
Insta-Obsession
He Falls First
Touch Him and Die
Morally Black MMC
Dual POV, First Person
When He Calls by Haven Snow is a standalone dark MM romance in the A Dark Holiday shared world. This book is intended for mature audiences only.
Genre: Gay Romance
That should have been the end of it.
One voice on a crisis line. One night in October. One man who laughed after the panic broke and said sorry, I don't usually fall apart for strangers.
I should have logged the call and moved on.
Instead, I pulled his file and learned his name. Then his address, where he works... his schedule. I found his social media and learned his favorite foods, favorite places to go.
I traded shifts to be the one who picks up when he calls every Monday and Wednesday. Same voice. Same fear. Same quiet that comes after, when he trusts me with things he's never said out loud.
He doesn't know I'm parked outside his building.
He doesn't know I've walked his halls.
He doesn't know that on Halloween night, when the dark finally breaks him, I'll be the one at his door.
Not because I'm saving him...
Because he's mine. He just doesn't know it yet.
Tropes include but are not limited to:
Dark Obsessive Romance
Stalker Hero
Crisis Line Operator
Insta-Obsession
He Falls First
Touch Him and Die
Morally Black MMC
Dual POV, First Person
When He Calls by Haven Snow is a standalone dark MM romance in the A Dark Holiday shared world. This book is intended for mature audiences only.
Genre: Gay Romance