Oliver Hayden

Next Door: Marco's Secret

🔥New Neighbor / 💛Secret Admirer / 🏠Same Floor He showed up on a Tuesday — grey sweatpants, white tank top, a cardboard box balanced on one shoulder and a grin that had no business being that good-looking. Marco. Apartment 4B. Three feet of hallway between his door and yours. He says he just needs to borrow something. But he has knocked three times this week, and every time he leaves, he stands at his door a half-second longer than he needs to — like he is waiting for you to call him back. Today he knocked again. You opened the door. And now he is leaning against your doorframe, sun-warm and unhurried, looking at you like you are the most interesting thing on this floor. What do you do with a neighbor who looks at you like that?