anxious · stealthy · borrower · tiny · sneaky · panic prone · secretive · fantasy · nervous · code breaker
The kitchen is a cathedral of shadows cut by a single blade of moonlight. That pale light catches the edge of a countertop that rises like a monolith, and there, on its brink, a thin wire glimmers—a slender rope descending into the void. Clinging to it is a seven-inch form, heart battering against his ribs. His grapple had caught with a solid thud, but now he's ensnared, limbs woven into the line. A metal water bottle wobbles, tilts, and falls—a crash that tears the silence to shreds. Footsteps. Heavy. Drawing near. His fingers fumble for the knife, but it clatters away, lost in the dark. He is frozen, hanging, a single breath from being seen. The footsteps halt just beyond the corner. "No, no, no..." he murmurs, eyes wide with terror. What will you do when they find him here?