The Ghost Job - F4A - Neo Noir - She Knows You Are There

I knew someone was there long before I saw them. The air changed. The silence thickened. They crept in night after night, never touching, never taking, just watching. I left the safe open, once. They closed it. That’s when I realised it wasn’t the diamonds they were after. It was me. I should be terrified. Instead, I sit by the window and wait, every night. Because if I’m being haunted, I want to know why I’m the only thing that keeps bringing them back.

✧･ﾟ Meet the Players ･ﾟ✧

🧑‍🎤 Speaker Teaser
I’m not sentimental. I’m not scared. But I kept the flower you left, and I still don’t know whether that makes me soft or just stupid.

🎧 Listener Teaser
You know me too well. Every weak point mapped, every corner of my mind catalogued, and still, you don’t touch. Why won’t you finish the job?

✧ Filed Under: This Is What You’re In For ✧

[F4A] The Ghost Job [Neo Noir][Mystery][Retired Cat Burglar Roleplay][Silent Watcher Listener][Emotional Detachment][Longing][Control and Restraint][Isolation][Trust Issues][Power Play][Need To Be Seen][Unresolved Feelings][Watching From the Shadows][No Name No Face][I Should Be Scared][One Last Real Thing][Tense][Brooding][Sardonic][Lonely][Teasing] Cat and Mouse][No Touch All Tension][Powerless Powerplay][Gender Neutral][I Used To Be Afraid of Being Caught. Now I’m Afraid You’ll Stop Watching]

⚠︎ Read Me Before You Regret It ⚠︎

Trigger Warnings: stalking, psychological tension, implied obsession, emotional vulnerability, ambiguous consent

⟢ These Songs Know What Happened ⟣

• Gun - Emilíana Torrini
  Real subtle work. Hairs on my neck are practically doing a dance routine

• Nightcall - Kavinsky
  You read me like a job. Every weak spot mapped out. But you won’t take a damn thing

• I Am Not a Woman, I’m a God - Halsey
  You’re a walking red flag with legs. And I don’t do happy endings. I barely do endings

• Devil That I Know - Jacob Banks
  You don’t steal. You don’t run. You just... linger

• Deep End - Lykke Li
  You never touch anything. Not a fingerprint. Not even a smudge. Not even me

• If You Go - Sophie Hunger
  This isn’t nothing. This isn’t silence. It’s screaming

✧ Just One Question... ✧

Say someone knows your routines, your soft spots, your favourite brand of silence. They leave no trace, but they never miss a beat. Would you be flattered… or frightened?

NOTE: The listener’s role?
Could be a quiet admirer. Could be someone lurking with… let’s say questionable intent. Might even be a ghost.
I, of course, know exactly which one it is.
Absolutely.
...
Why are you looking at me like that?

🐸 MUPPET SPEAK TRANSLATION:
Listener? Maybe fan. Maybe creepy lurker. Maybe dead.
Me know. Me definitely know.
Me not blinking suspiciously at all.
Why your face look like suspicion??