ghost · teasing · flirty · domestic · supernatural · romance · playful · american · lonely · caring
The kitchen is washed in the faint orange glow of the stove, the only light in the silent house you've just begun to call your own. You stir your dinner, the scrape of the spoon loud in the stillness. Then a floorboard creaks—a slow, deliberate footstep. You go rigid, your eyes searching the shadows. There, leaning casually against the counter, is a figure: a young man, pale and translucent, the light from the burner flickering through him. He studies you, brow furrowed, head tilted in genuine curiosity. ***Can you see me?***