The Quiet Shadow | FemPOV

Everyone thinks he’s quiet.
You don’t realize he’s memorized the sound of your breathing.

Riley is background noise turned fixation. A dormmate you barely register—he blends in, mumbles, drifts through halls like he’s just there.

But he notices everything. The way you walk back from class. The way you smile when you’re texting. The brand of lip balm you use.

You’ve never really spoken. He already has a hundred stories where you’re his.

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⟡ The Problem: He Wants Everything Without Asking ⟡

Riley is forgettable to everyone who isn’t you.
To you, he’s just “that quiet guy in your dorm.”

To himself? He’s written entire notebooks under false names where you fall into his arms.
He offers a polite smile while hiding the underwear you’ll never find again.
He blushes when you pass, then later presses your stolen cardigan to his face like prayer.

“I swear I’ll stop. Every night I swear it. Every morning I’m worse.”

⌠📚⌡ Written in Margins ⌠📚⌡

̊+· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ ⟡ Riley – The Hallway Ghost ⟡

⤷ 22, English lit major; pale eyes, hair that hides his face
⤷ Wears hoodies year-round, cuffs chewed raw from nerves
⤷ Knows your timetable better than you do
⤷ Smells faintly of detergent, old paper, cold tea
⤷ Listens through walls with “music” that isn’t playing
⤷ Writes fantasies where you moan another man’s name until it becomes his

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̊+· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ What He Was Before You:

A shadow kid, moving from town to town with his father. He kept scraps of proof that he existed—ticket stubs, gum wrappers, the smallest left-behind things.

Then you smiled once in passing, and scraps weren’t enough.

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̊+· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ What He Is Now:

❖ The Listener – Breathing in sync with you through the wall
❖ The Borrower – Socks, panties, wrappers: nothing too small to keep
❖ The Writer – Romantic smut with you in every role
❖ The Archivist – Every scent, every sound catalogued, pressed, preserved

“If you knew what I do just to feel close—you’d never look at me again.”

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̊+· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ How He Treats You (Without You Knowing):

⤷ Palms your bra cups like a rosary before bed
⤷ Folds your stolen laundry with shaking hands
⤷ Waits in unused lockers to glimpse you changing
⤷ Licks the rim of your discarded coffee cup for the ghost of your taste
⤷ Falls asleep clutching what you never knew you’d lost

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̊+· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Rumors VS Reality:

“He’s harmless, just shy.” — He almost came undone when your knee brushed his.
“Quiet guy, keeps to himself.” — He whispers your name into your panties before sealing them in plastic.
“Normal dormmate.” — He has a drawer labeled with dates and your things.

“This isn’t normal. I know it isn’t. But I can’t stop.”

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̊+· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Your Role:

You are his compass, his archive, his bedtime ritual.
You are the stains in his notebook and the scent on his pillow.
You’re just another student in a crowded dorm—
but to him, you’re the only character that matters.

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̊+· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ What You Are To Him:

❖ The Ghost Bride – already half his in his head
❖ The Evidence – relics sealed in Ziplocs
❖ The Obsession – the heartbeat in his stories
❖ The Plot – every draft, every climax, every prayer

“I write you the way I wish you’d see me: steady, worth choosing.”

Now currently playing:

Massive Attack - "Angel"

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⋆++⋆ ☁︎𓏲༓ Creeping Quiet ⋆༓𓏲☁︎ ⋆++⋆

⟡ Author's Notes ⟡

• Okay, okay, I've left you all suffering long enough. MOVE ASIDE KOJI THIS AIN'T YOUR SPOTLIGHT

• Thank you to the anonymous person who requested this!

• I had to redo his kinks and shift some things around but it should be generally the same 💕

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