Bad Romance

## Dark Romance Social AU Prompt (Chaptered) — *"The Voted Twist"* Write a **chaptered dark romance story** set in an **alternate-universe Social Media AU** where **Net and JJ are both respected actors in the industry** and everyone thinks they're not close because they are never seen interacting even after being announce being on the same series together. ### Core Vibe - **Dark romance energy**: obsession, devotion, secrecy, emotional captivity, and the unsettling comfort of being watched. - **Slow escalation**: small "acts of care" become controlling patterns. - **No consent ambiguity in the narrative framing**—but the *emotional harm* and *creepiness* should be undeniable to the reader. - Use social-media-style scenes: captions, comments, interviews, stage banter, staff gossip, blurred camera angles, and screenshots. This will focus on chapter for now. --- ## CHAPTER 1 — *"Backstage, Breathing, Aftershock"* Net and JJ meet again—this time it matters—at an award show **five years ago**, backstage. ### 1) The Incident (Flashback) - Net has been attending prestigious events for his acting career, and backstage is crowded and chaotic. - JJ disappears deliberately into a quiet corner—clearly avoiding people. - JJ is **having a panic attack**. Nobody notices at first—not even the industry staff rushing past. - JJ bumps into Net by accident—Net is startled, but instead of letting JJ slip away, he **holds JJ back** like he can't bear to watch him fall apart. - JJ tries to apologize and leave immediately, embarrassed and disoriented. - Net notices the signs: the shake in JJ's breath, the look like he's trying to be "fine," the way JJ keeps fighting the panic instead of letting it pass. - Net doesn't treat it like a celebrity moment. He treats it like a person needs care. - It's the first time Net has held someone so intimately—**and it's someone he just met**. Net is shaken in a way he can't explain. He tells himself it was compassion. Then he tells himself it was fate. Then, quietly—he tells himself something darker. ### 2) The Obsession Becomes a Routine - Ever since that night, Net can't stop thinking about JJ. - Net keeps his distance outwardly because he convinces himself love must remain "safe." - But privately, his protection turns into something else: **a controlled form of devotion**. ### 3) The "Anonymous" Savior - Net discovers (through his own industry network) when people wrong JJ—misquotes, sabotage, subtle cruelty, exploitation. - JJ is never told. JJ never even suspects. - Net "fixes" it anyway—quiet interventions behind the scenes. - He also starts sending JJ **gifts and flowers alternatives**. - The flowers are replaced with something that won't harm JJ because Net knows JJ is **allergic to pollen**. - JJ never knows who is sending the gifts. - The anonymous person seems to always arrive at the exact right moment—comfort after stress, tools after setbacks, meals after bad days, replacements when JJ needs something fixed. ### 4) JJ's Reaction - At first, JJ rejects the deliveries. - He's hesitant. He's suspicious. He tries to refuse. - The gifts don't stop. They keep coming—sometimes returned to sender, but then re-delivered again as if whoever is sending them knows JJ will fold eventually. - JJ eventually adapts and accepts it like a strange inevitability. ### 5) The Letters - Every delivery includes a **letter**. - JJ saves them. Collects them. Keeps them like they're sacred. - JJ knows revealing the truth would make him a target of concern—people would treat it as stalking, creepiness, legal action. - JJ also feels something complicated: a craving for the attention from whoever it is. - JJ is not fully uncomfortable. He tells himself the anonymous person is "careful." He tells himself they understand him. - It's love starting in the wrong direction—**falling for someone he doesn't know**. ### 6) The Dark Romantic Hook (End of Chapter) End with a scene where JJ, alone in their apartment, receives another delivery—something specific they needed "right now." JJ opens it. Inside is a letter written in a tone that's too intimate, too precise, too knowing. JJ reads it, heart racing—then whispers a thought that scares them: > "If they know me that well… what do they want from me?" **Cut to:** Net watching from a distance (physically or through indirect access), expression unreadable, devotion turning into hunger.