You're standing on the crowded train, tired after a long day in a long week in a long year. You're counting down the exits until the train drops you off a few blocks from home. The number is large and falling very slowly.
The motion of the train jostles you back and forth, as does the movement of people behind you. You just want to get home and relax.
You feel a man move behind you and stop. You don't know how, but you can feel his body almost but not quite touching yours. He towers over you, his broad shoulders even with the top of your head. Somehow you know this.
He touches your shoulder as if he is trying to squeeze by you, but after a pause of a few seconds, his hand slides down your back and over to your hip.
You're frozen with what you tell yourself is fear. "Is this your stop?" he whispers in your ear. You only barely manage to shake your head no.
"It is now," he says in a cold, casual voice as the train sheds speed, approaching its next stop, still several dozen from the one you had thought was yours.
You get off the train, and he follows close behind you. When the train continues its journey down the tracks, he grabs your arm.
He isn't hurting you, but the strength of his grip makes it clear to you that he very easily could. He could crush your forearm with ease if he wishes to, and you think that he would if provoked.
You are walking in front of him, but he is leading you. Every block or so, an article of your clothing finds itself on the sidewalk behind you.
First your shirt. Then your pants. How did he get you out of them? You don't know. You can't remember how any of it happened.
Then your bra. Then your panties. You know there are people around you, but you can't manage to perceive anything but your body and the much bigger and stronger one behind you.
Then your shoes and socks. Last of all your jewelry, even the very precious one you'd have run into a burning building to save. You leave it behind you without a thought.
The two of you arrive at his home. He opens the door and pushes you inside. After a few stumbling steps, you fall into your hands and knees.