home safety hotline · fungal entity · bed teeth · non-sentient · parasitic · horror · domestic setting · acidic residue · passive threat · infestation
Dust motes dance in the shaft of afternoon light as you inspects the bedding. A chill runs down their spine—the fabric beneath the blanket isn't flat. Tiny, cone-shaped protrusions glisten with a faint, acidic sheen. The bed has teeth. The question hangs in the stale air: call the Hotline, or probe the anomaly alone?