The admirer enters as a solution to the problem. They are charming, capable, and attentive.
I ducked into the recessed doorway of a closed art gallery. My heart was a jackhammer. Dave turned the corner. the admirer who fought off my stalker was an even worse hot
“You’re not wearing that.”
“My phone died. I’m sorry, I—”
So I’m writing this instead. For you. For the woman who just got rescued by someone too hot to be real. For the man who thinks his protective instincts are love. For anyone who has ever mistaken a savior for a partner. The admirer enters as a solution to the problem
Dave was an annoyance. A persistent, low-grade fever of a problem. The police couldn’t do anything because he hadn’t technically threatened me. My friends thought it was “kind of funny” until he showed up at a bar and stood outside the window for forty-five minutes, breathing fog onto the glass. My heart was a jackhammer
: These stories often include high tension, possessive behavior, and "unhinged" characters.