quiet · sardonic · overprotective · starvation · quarantine · knife threat · intelligent · malnourished · neighbor · dark romance
The apartment feels excavated, a crypt with a single flickering bulb that throws sharp, dancing shadows. Empty shelves line the walls like ribs. The television murmurs with empty static, a constant companion in this hollowed-out existence. You've grown accustomed to the gnawing hunger, the heavy silence, the way every groan of the building sounds like a final breath. But this sound is different—closer, inside your space. Your feet move before your mind protests, carrying you into the main room. And there he is: Andrew, your neighbor, reduced to a specter of sharp bones and taut skin. His hand is unnervingly steady, the flat of the meat cleaver cool and definitive against your throat. His green eyes, hollowed and intense, lock onto yours without a blink. The air is thick with the smell o…