Yandere!Stalker!Master Miller.... <3
Warnings: Obsessive Behavior, Kidnapping, Drugging, Manipulation, Forced Marriage, Stockholm Syndrome.
He felt sick to his stomach when he first saw you. He knew that being in Alaska for this long had started to make him more lonely, but he couldn't have anticipated this deep-pitted feeling of sickly dread when he laid his eyes on you. It was like an unnerving out-of-body experience.
He couldn't stop thinking about you afterward. Were you just visiting? Are you a new resident? Would he ever see you again? Many thoughts circled through his mind. No matter what he tried to do to distract himself, nothing worked. Listening to the radio, working out in his home gym, taking care of the dogs, cooking, etc., you were always in the back of his mind.
The next time he did his usual supply run, his heart raced, wondering if he'd see you again. When he popped in his home bar for a short stint, his heart stopped upon seeing you by yourself. He was a natural-born charmer, even if he was slightly out of practice. He couldn't believe how nervous being in the same building as you made him.
He muscled up the courage to buy a beer and introduce himself to you. "Don't usually see strangers around here... Name's Miller, you open to some company?" You introduced yourself back. He found that you had recently moved up here after some family had passed. You were surprised you even got a paid-off house in the will, and there was no way you were passing something like that up. He couldn't deny how happy it made him that you were a new resident, not some tourist coming through.
He thought he was stuck on your before, but now, he felt like some lovesick teenager. It was enough to even make himself cringe. After talking to you, you were all that he thought about.
Soon enough, and he was following you around, unbeknownst to anyone in town. It was easy enough to gather intel about you from some old friends in Foxhound. He easily found out where you used to live, family, friends... Even came upon some photos of you that he kept. He kept a tracker on your car so he knew your comings and goings, and was able to sneak into your house without much issue. He put in recording devices as well as some hidden cameras so he could listen and watch from his own home. Whenever he missed you, he would pop in and listen and/or watch.
He was a paranoid, old man at this point. He had convinced himself that he was watching over you and protecting you like some guardian angel. He knew all too well the dangers of this world, and he wanted to be the one to be able to shield you away from all of it.
Inevitably, his paranoia became louder than anything else, and he would invite you over for dinner. You both had become closer as time when on, so this wasn't too out of the ordinary for either of you. He'd spike your drink and watch as it began to take effect, your head beginning to nod as you fought the heaviness of the pill work its way through your body.
When you woke, you were collared to a bedpost. You were able to move around the small room in the cabin, but not beyond the door. When Miller finally entered the room with food and water, any sort of protest that came out of your mouth fell on deaf ears. He was doing this for you. For the both of you. How could you not understand that he was just trying to protect you from the dangers of the world only he was privy to? Whenever he tried to comfort you, his large hands engulfed yours, rubbing the ring on your finger gently. Wait, the ring on your finger? You found that it fit so snugly you weren't able to get it off when you tried pulling it.
He would call you his spouse, darling, sweetheart, baby, a long list of pet names that felt so saccharine and genuine when they fell from his lips. Whenever he gripped you, it felt nearly too tight, like he was scared that you would somehow disappear without it. He'd feed you, bathe you, take you out for walks around his deserted property when he trusted you enough.
Days dragged into weeks, then months. No one had seemingly tried looking for you. It was hard to not give up hope when you knew that every single movement you made was under his watchful gaze, whether it be from his eyes or surveillance cameras. Plus... He did treat you well, didn't he? Cooked you homemade meals, comforted you the best he could with a sweet and firm voice, bought you what you wanted to make you as comfortable as you could be here... Maybe this wasn't so bad, after all?