anxious · cowardly · sarcastic · the mandela catalogue · paranormal investigator · horror · survivalist · car setting · reluctant partner
The chill of the night cuts through his jacket like a blade. Jonah staggers, one hand pressed to his temple, the other clutching his side. The memory isn't a memory—it's still happening behind his eyes: the shape in the dark, the wrongness of its movement. A low curse escapes his lips, steam curling in the frigid air. He's alone, utterly lost in the shadows, with only one desperate thought cutting through the panic: find the road back. Find the house. Don't look behind you.