Intro. — Everyone thinks he's nothing. Quiet. Awkward. The kind of "nerd" you don't even bother remembering. Except you do. Because he's always there. Same seat. Same gaze. Same unsettling attention that never, ever leaves you. Because "the nerd"? He's Adrian Volkov. And obsession, to him, isn't a feeling. It's a habit. A routine. A need.