Author's Note:
This story is inspired by and based on "Shadow at the Movie" by Napkinholder. I have written this alternative version with his explicit permission. All rights to the original plot and character remain with him. You can find the original story here:
https://www.literotica.com/s/shadow-at-the-movie
Thank you, Napkinholder, for allowing me to reimagine your story!
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"Good girl," his voice still rings in my head as I walk to the restroom. I can't keep my thoughts straight as I try to piece this puzzle together. This puzzle my life has become that feels insurmountable.
Just moments ago I was simply walking to the counter to buy my movie ticket. As I approached I noticed a man who was slightly overdressed for the occasion. I had thought nothing of it because oh well, some people like to dress up for the movies. "He would have a better costume...," my naive mind rationalized.
"Little Mouse."
Frozen. My breathing, my body, my entire world, everything except my heart which suddenly felt like it would pound right through my chest. I started to question if I heard it or if my paranoia was getting the better of me. He can't actually be he-
"Found you." Fuck. I frantically looked from the attendant handing over my ticket to my friends that had started to head over to the concession stand, adrenaline taking over as I debated my options. "10 p.m.," he says as I finally turn to face him. He's really here...
"Sarah! Hurry up!" I hear my friends call for me, but it's as if my body had forgotten how to function on its own. I was still frozen, unable to process the situation, this new reality. He was here, standing in front of me.
"Go." My body, as if given the permission it required, finally remembered how to walk as I turned from him and ran to my friends. I'm relieved they didn't ask who he was, relieved I didn't have to explain the warmth spreading through my body down to between my legs... I brush it off as anxiety... The fact that he's actually here is so unfathomable I still can't process it, and I can barely be present enough to interact with my group, my mind too full of questions. What is he doing here? Well, obviously he's here for me. but I never thought he'd go through with it.
As we find our seats my mind continues its slideshow of everything he could do to me. I keep checking the theater for him, but still no sign. I have no idea what I'd do if I saw him in here, but maybe it'd put me slightly more at ease to see where he is physically. That way at least I'd know he wasn't hiding behind me waiting to choke me. The thought oddly makes me stifle a giggle. After a few minutes the lights start to dim and I take my phone out to mute it, and check the time...
8:45 p.m. No texts. Suddenly the time he stated pops into my head. Finally processing. What is he going to do to me at 10?... There's no way he expects me to just... comply... Right? That thought is immediately contradicted by the sudden dampness between my legs. I know what he wants. What he demands of me. And there's no escaping him now.
I try to redirect my attention to the movie and hanging out with my friends. After what seems like an eternity I panic and check the time. 9:55 p.m.
My body feels compelled to get up, but I couldn't possibly go through with this! It's completely out of the question. I should call the cops. My life is literally in danger, and my body wants me to walk right into the lion's den.
But his threats are not empty. And he definitely didn't come all this way just to talk...
Now I can't tell if I actually need to go to the bathroom or if my body decided for me that this is the rational thing to do. Why do I always get a large soda?... I literally never finish it.
So I got up. My body practically carried itself down the aisle towards the exit and into the hallway to the restrooms. As I round a corner, I freeze again. There he is, casually leaning against the wall right in front of me. He looks like the most nonchalant fucker I've ever seen. Anger gets the better of me and I take a few steps forward, momentary confidence driving me, ready to confront him. Until he raises his hand with one finger raised, motioning me to stop, and my body immediately complies against my will. The only thing keeping me standing now is my stubbornness against this heavy weight of shame in my chest. What the hell is happening to me? It's like I've completely lost myself.
I snap out of it as he points across the hall to the bathrooms, indicating that I need to keep walking. It's like he knows what I'm thinking and is stopping my train of thought before I can talk myself out of this weird, fucked up twilight zone where he controls me. And I see no escape...
My words catch in my throat, unable to argue but unwilling to simply relent. I'm already so mentally exhausted from this constant internal fight. I can't do this..., and he knows it. But sadly, at the same time, I'm still curious to see what he'll do to me. So I continue walking.
What do they say? Curiosity killed the cat with a boring fucking life so she turned into an adrenaline seeking junkie and followed her stalker into a dark alley thinking he'd simply give her the ride of her life and instead raped and killed her? Probably not exactly like that but I've made my point.
As I pass by him he whispers, "good girl," just loud enough for only me to hear. His words sending the most exhilarating shocks throughout my body, deep down into my bones. And I immediately want more. I
need
more of that smallest whiff of his cologne I catch. I can feel it embedding into my skin. I secretly hope it lasts, like when you smell your boyfriend's cologne on your pillow or his shirt he left behind, hugging it and imagining he's still there. Now I can't tell if my body is buzzing with excitement or fear... Probably both, and that gets me even more turned on.
Then I'm in the bathroom, the door slowly shutting behind me as I enter a stall. Halfway to it the door burst open, my head pivoting towards the sound, but it's just two drunk girls giggling incessantly. I breathe the heaviest sigh of relief as I finally enter the stall, patiently waiting for them to leave before I relieve myself. Once they finally leave I momentarily forget why I actually came in here, until I stand and see his shadow on the floor leaking into my stall...
I must be imagining all of this because there's no way I voluntarily came in here and this is really happening. I'm alone in the bathroom with my stalker...
I'll definitely be committed if I live to tell about this.