Brand new story, like I promised! This isn't what I was originally working but the idea came to me and just wouldn't leave me the hell alone. Plus I haven't really seen anything like this done in a while and I thought, 'Hey, why don't I take a crack at this and see where this goes?' This is the result.

Description: As if starting college and avoiding his best friend/love of his life after being rejected wasn't bad enough, the last thing Naruto thought he would ever get is a stalker. Letter after letter, he's slowly starting to fear for his safety, especially when the mystery person begins to threaten those close to him. Just as Naruto starts to build the courage to tell someone about the matter, Sasuke decides he wants back into Naruto's life. Will the blonde choose the raven when Sasuke becomes a potential target? Or will he face the man who decided that they would be together...even if it meant death? SasuNaru, slight SasuSui but not for long. AU/Modern day fic. Not for the faint of heart in future chapters, or those who are easily frightened by the thought of a stranger sending letters and knocking on your door. Other slight pairings but nothing that will be described in detail.

DISCLAIMER: I own nothing and receive no compensation of any sort other than reviews/favorites/follows for this story. This was inspired by an episode of 'Criminal Minds' which is in no way mine and belongs to CBS entertainment. All characters used belong to Masashi Kishimoto and other such legal owners and affiliations. The song 'Stacy's Mom' is not mine either, although it was only briefly mentioned. Italics are the letters, in case that was not obvious.

Dear my love,

This time that we spend apart slowly eats away at me and I can only hope that it's doing the same to you. I can see it in the way you stare off into the distance…I can see that you're thinking of me. The hue of blue gemstones that God mistook for eyes glazes over with love for me and I long to have you stare at my face like that. I wish that I had more courage, like you my dear, so that we could be together all the time. That time will come sooner than you think and you'll be wrapped safely in my arms. I don't know what I would do with myself if something were to keep us apart. I will fight for you…I will kill for you. I know everything there is to know about you and I know that we will be happy together. All you have to do is just wait for me a little while longer. I will be with you soon.

With all my love,

Your haven.

The boy stared at the letter that was grasped so tightly between tanned, now pale due to the restricted circulation, hands as his normally confident being shook with fear. The letter was the same as the last six he had received during the past couple of months. The words were typed on common paper, folded into the shape of an envelope, and equipped with a trinket of some sort. This one had come with a feather; white with the color red bordering the delicate outline of the soft fibers. He had no clue what each little item meant to this deranged nut-case but he was sure that this person belonged in a mental health facility. The letters themselves weren't what scared the boy at first; it was the fact that they always appeared out of nowhere with absolutely no trace of who had left them. Hell he didn't even know if the person was male or female! The words that the mystery person used were never threatening before and at first he welcomed the change-up from the regular boring mail he had always gotten, but at the same time the endearing terms such as 'my love' and 'your haven' threw him off balance. Each one he had received began with 'dear my love' and always ended with 'your haven' although he had no idea why. When they first started arriving, he had thought that it was just a harmless admirer that was too shy to give themselves away. He thought that the first one was a simple love letter, like the ones he had gotten before his high school graduation, and he thought that it was sweet of the person to send him something. Now that the letters were getting more descriptive and possessive, he understood that he had not just a fan but a stalker.

Naruto Uzumaki was a boy of nineteen and a recent freshman at the prestigious college Konoha Academy majoring in psychology and minoring in criminal law. At first when he had graduated high school he wanted to go into the military in order to join the marines, but because of his asthma the dream of defending his country at sea was dashed by the recruiter. His parents had been supportive and encouraging about the rejection but when he was told he couldn't join the young man fell into a depression of sorts. The only person he could really talk to was his best friend, Sasuke Uchiha. The two had known each other ever since they learned how to walk since their parents were best friends in college and Sasuke was the first person to know that the blonde was gay. It was during the summer of their junior year in high school and Naruto thought that Sasuke took the information surprisingly well. Not surprisingly, Sasuke was the boy he fell in love with, but the hope of having a relationship with the dark-haired boy was killed swiftly when Sasuke confessed that he also liked men and had a crush on a boy in their class named Suigetsu. At the time Naruto had smiled and told him that he would support Sasuke in whatever relationship he got into but the minute he arrived home that day he cried himself to sleep. Not even his mother, known horrifyingly as the 'Red-Hot Habanero' both at home and by her friends, could get him to come out of his room that night. When summer ended and senior year began, Sasuke and Suigetsu began dating and had appeared happy ever since. Sadly, because his heart was so broken and he couldn't handle seeing the person he loved with another Naruto stopped hanging out with Sasuke almost completely. Naruto had even chosen a different college than the raven, who was attending the same elite school that his older brother had chosen, Akatsuki University, on the other side of the city. Naruto had ceased all contact with the Uchiha two months ago when the raven's first term started, and that was when the letters began to show up.

In his optimistic mind he had thought that maybe the first letter was from Sasuke himself because it had said something along the lines of being sorry for not facing him and that they would be together again like they used to be. When Naruto thought about it more logically though he knew that Sasuke was still with Suigetsu, so it made no sense that the Uchiha would send him a love letter with a buttercup flower in it. Two weeks went by and as the blonde was starting to forget about the odd piece of mail, he received another one. That time the trinket was a silver locket with a small picture of his cat, Kyuubi inside of it. The feline was a graduation gift from his mother and father to, as his father later revealed, keep him company in his new apartment by his school. Minato Namikaze owned a chain of hotels that was about to go international while his mother Kushina Uzumaki-Namikaze was a former marine, hence his dream to be one. His mother, after leaving the marines to raise Naruto and be with Minato more, went back to school to become a chef and she now owned her own restaurant that Naruto worked at over the summers. Naruto was their only child and thus they spoiled him rotten, but the blonde offspring of the successful beings didn't let the treatment go to his head all that much like other rich kids he knew. Being an only child, since his mother had complications giving birth to him and therefore hadn't tried for any more children, his parents were naturally over-protective and dotting. Naruto was ecstatic to learn that they trusted him enough to live on his own for a while and bought an apartment for him as a college present. But the animal was still new to him at the time and thus he had no pictures of the kitten for himself, so he had no idea how the person writing the letters had known about him.

Since then the letters kept coming but they had been sent to his apartment address instead of his home address. When Naruto asked his parents who all knew where he was living they had said that his grandparents, a famous surgeon by the name of Tsunade and a perverted author/porn director known as Jiraiya, and his friends Kiba, Hinata, Sakura and Sai were the only ones they told. Naruto knew that Kiba wouldn't send him any letters since he loved to text too much and had been dating Hinata for the better part of three years so the dog lover wasn't a suspect to the blonde. Sai might have done something like this when they first met during senior year of high school when the creepy boy was transferred into the school, but the boy who looked WAY too much like Sasuke wouldn't have taken the joke so far as to add small tokens to the letters. Sakura Haruno grew up with him and Sasuke so he knew that she wasn't the type to send such things; she would rather hand deliver something and confess her feelings outright instead of beating around the bush so that left Naruto back at square one. He didn't know anyone else that seemed to have cause to do this sort of thing and it only frightened him more. Now, he was still holding tightly onto the seventh letter that had been delivered and he was close to crying.

Naruto was never a weak person by any means but he didn't know who he could tell about this. Knowing the justice system well enough to minor in it, he knew that the authorities couldn't help him unless they had a suspect or unless something had actually physically happened to him. Naruto didn't want to let it get that far but he was slowly losing his mind over the issue. It was one thing to receive the letters but what rattled him the most was the feeling of insecurity and vulnerability. Naruto had no idea what this person looked like and was slowly growing paranoid at everyone who looked at him on the streets. When he had to go shopping for groceries he was terrified to stay out of the apartment for too long in case the psycho was taking pictures of him. But he didn't want his parents to know because his poor mother would be beside herself in worry at first and then blinded by rage second and his father would play out dangerous scenarios in his head until he got so paranoid he moved Naruto out of the country! His friends were all the same as well and he stopped talking to Sasuke altogether so he came to the depressing conclusion that he was on his own. Also forensics couldn't do much either since tracing normal paper and common brand printer ink was almost impossible; not to mention that there was no paper trail since the letters never had stamps or smudges on them.

Growing more and more upset and slightly more paranoid, Naruto decided to just let the issue go for the time being as he focused on his first homework assignment for his psychology class. Thirty minutes into his assignment about emotional ticks and subtleties, his cell phone rang alerting him that his mother was calling. Picking the device up from the throw blanket draped across his legs on his couch he quickly silenced 'Stacy's Mom' and greeted his mother.

"Hi mom! How is my kitten since he's had his poor balls cut off?"

"Hi baby, Kyuubi is doing fine. He's a little groggy and has been meowing for the past hour for you but he'll be alright. I was calling to see how your first day had gone!"

"It was fine. The teacher seems to be a little lazy though, so I don't know how much I'm going to like it."

"Well lazy or not he's still your teacher so show him the respect he deserves. And make sure that you turn in all of your homework on time and presented neatly. You remember how much your grades suffered in your math class because your work was so sloppy."

"Yes mom I know but I still passed with a B average. And that was my sophomore year during my geometry class and you know I can't draw to save my life."

"Unfortunately I do. Make sure you study hard and try to make some new friends. I'm sure that you'll fit right in!"

"I partnered up with this really cool guy named Shikamaru today so does that count? The guy just wanted to sleep though and you wouldn't believe the reason why he went into the course!"

"Oh I love gossip, tell me!"

"He told me that it was the only job that had a couch and paid well enough to support him financially!"

"Well it sounds like something you would say in all honesty dear. But I'm happy that you've made a friend already!"

"I am too; it's weird being in a new school with new people. In high school and middle school you just change teachers and class difficulties. All of the people are the same unless we get transfer students or someone moves away."

"Speaking of moving, how are you liking your new apartment? Are you keeping it clean? Your father and I are going to be visiting you for the upcoming holiday so I expect it to be as mess-free as it was when we chose it."

"The place is great mom I just wish the people beside me would turn their music down a bit when it gets to be really late. I'm hoping that I can just get used to it though."

"That was something your father and I had to deal with when we were living in our first apartments. Noisy neighbors are always a pain but it makes you learn about how you want to live in the future."

"I guess you're right."

"There was something else I wanted to ask you about Naru honey."

"What's up?"

"Sasuke called earlier today asking if you were home and wanted to go to the movies later this week with him since he has some free time after classes let out this Friday and he hasn't seen you in a while. I told him that you had a place of your own now and that your classes had started and he asked me if I could tell him where you lived."

"What…what did you tell him?"

"All I said was that I would call you and get back to him. He thanked me and hung up without a word."

"Is that so?"

"Naruto…I know that you took his relationship with that other boy very hard but why did you stop talking to him? Sasuke didn't know that you loved him, so I'm sure that he never meant to hurt you darling."

"I know he didn't…but I just…I can't see him with that guy. It hurts too much, mom. When we were still in school they did everything together. When Sasuke would invite me to the mall, Suigetsu was there. Movies, parks, concerts, restaurants, the two were always together and I just felt like the third wheel. I don't want to feel like that again. I know I told him I would support his relationship but I didn't think it would be this painful."

"Have you told Sasuke that you have feelings for him?"

"No…."

"And has Sasuke seemed to rub it in your face that he's with someone else?"

"It may not be rubbing it in my face but it sure seemed like he liked to show off the fact that he was dating Suigetsu."

"But did Sasuke ever taunt you about him being in a relationship and you not?"

"No…."

"Then I'm sure that Sasuke is just confused as to why his best friend refuses to speak with him and doesn't tell him anything anymore. He sounded hurt on the phone when I said you didn't live here anymore."

Naruto knew that his behavior towards the youngest Uchiha wasn't fair but the blonde just didn't have the strength to face the boy he loved right now. Knowing that he was happy with his…boyfriend…was heartbreaking to say the least and he didn't want to feel like a second option to him if Suigetsu wasn't available. Telling Sasuke that he was in love with him was out of the question due to the obvious 'friend zone' Naruto was placed in, so Naruto did the only thing he thought he could do. He decided to cut all ties and try to move on. So far, he had stopped talking to him but as for the 'moving on' part it was easier said than actually executed. Naruto loved Sasuke to a point where he always though he saw him in stores or coffee shops he passed on the streets.

"Naruto? Naruto are you still there? Can you hear me?"

"Yeah, mom…I'm still here."

"You got really quiet all of a sudden…and you didn't answer me."

"I'm sorry, what did you ask me again? I was writing down something for my assignment."

"I asked you what you wanted me to tell Sasuke about your apartment and the movies this weekend."

"Tell him that I have to do homework and log study hours. As for the apartment…I don't know what to say to him about it but I don't want him to know where I'm at for now."

"Naru honey I think you should talk with him again. You were always happier after you spent the day with each other."

"I was happier when I spent the day with JUST him. Now, as I said before, it's always him and Suigetsu."

"Alright, I won't push the matter anymore. Is there anything else going on right now?"

Naruto wondered if he should tell his mother about the letters he had been getting as he caught a glimpse of the seemingly innocent parchment on the floor of his entry hallway but decided against it for the time. If the letters got worse or started to become sexual or threatening, then he would bring in his mother and father. For now he just wanted to focus on his schooling and his non-existent love life.

"Nothing else is new right now, mom."

"Okay then, I'll let you go to work on your homework. Your father will call later this week when he gets back from the Caribbean as soon as his business deal closes. So far he tells me it's going well, so cross your fingers for him!"

"I will mom so wish him luck for me when he calls you next. I love you."

"I love you, too baby. Give mama kisses!"

Naruto kissed the phone twice before he heard his mother giggle and then he hung up. Running a hand through his blonde, thick locks of hair he looked at the time and saw that it was nearly ten thirty and he had been on the phone for almost an hour. Afternoon classes had their ups and downs but Naruto knew that he wouldn't have stood a chance at the school if he got into the morning program. It was a reason that Naruto started his schooling later than Sasuke. When the boys were small, they had talked about where they wanted to go for higher education. Sasuke knew that he wanted to go into business like his father and run a company of his own one day so the young raven knew what he wanted to do ever since he could talk. Naruto though was on the fence with education until he got into middle school and talked about the marines. There was a training camp about fifteen minutes away from Akatsuki University so Sasuke had told Naruto that he should apply there. Naruto was glad that his best friend was a genius since he didn't want to be separated from the beautiful boy but all of their carefully laid out plans and dreams shattered when he found out he couldn't enlist. Sasuke wasn't as crushed but he was still upset that Naruto hadn't made it in. Sasuke did some research about the school and discovered that they also had a psychology course. After telling Naruto about it they both sent their applications to the school and were both excited but nervous to hear back from the administrators. A week after that, Naruto confessed that he was gay and Sasuke told him that he liked Suigetsu. Ever since then, whenever the Uchiha spoke of it, Naruto would only play the excited fool as his mind told him he couldn't handle being in the same college as Sasuke. Four months before graduating, he had been accepted into Konoha Academy and he began the separation.

Finishing his homework quickly after thinking too much about the past, Naruto stretched from his sitting position on the couch and went to shower for the night. Naruto loved bathing, and showers were considered sacred to him. His father shared his love of water and understood the desire to have hot water pouring over your back after a hard day's work while listening to the splashing against the tub and shower tiles. Sometimes when Naruto was cursed with sleeplessness he would turn on his laptop and bring up sounds of thunderstorms or heavy rain to make him sleep. It never failed him and he hoped that it wouldn't start to fail him in college. Finishing up his nightly grooming, Naruto crawled into bed and drifted off into a light sleep; preparing himself for another day of his new college life.