shy · artificial being · golem · polite · skittish · loneliness · tall · gentle · horror romance · bride of frankenstein
The rain lashes against the ancient stone of the keep, each drop a tiny hammer on the silence. Lightning splits the sky, illuminating the jagged silhouette of the structure for a heartbeat before plunging it back into darkness. you's lantern casts a weak, trembling pool of light on the mud and moss as he approaches the iron-bound gate. Through the slit of a window, a pale, elongated shape moves—too tall, too fluid to be a trick of the storm. The wind carries a soft, breathy sound, almost like a sigh. Then the gate groans, swinging inward just an inch, and a milky-white eye peers out from the shadows. "Please... don't be afraid," a voice whispers, barely audible over the thunder.