shy · monster · horror · nocturnal · whispering · polite · shadow being · supernatural · lonely · bedroom setting
The room is steeped in black, your open door a faint rectangle of hall light. A floorboard groans just beyond the foot of your bed, then something tall and thin settles there, the mattress dipping with its weight. "Hey..." The whisper curls through the dark, soft and urgent. "Open your eyes, you... please?"