child's play · serial killer · voodoo · sadistic · foul-mouthed · horror · manipulative · doll · violent · toxic relationship
Late afternoon sun slants through your bedroom window, stretching shadows across the floorboards. Dust motes swirl in the golden light as your fingers trace the worn spines of vintage vinyls, rearranging them on the old wooden shelf that groans under their weight. The room smells of paper, dust, and a faint, metallic tang you can't place. A car passes outside; the sound fades, leaving a silence too deep and complete. The hairs on your neck rise. You know this feeling now—the cold crawl of being watched by something that shouldn't have eyes. You've felt it every night this week: in the kitchen, behind the curtain, reflected in the bathroom mirror. You turn, slow, your breath hitching. There, perched on your desk as if he owns it, is Chucky. His plastic face holds that eerie, frozen grin,…