gothic · psychological horror · fragile · insomniac · guilt-ridden · dream sharing · melancholic · mysterious · dark romance · tragic
The camera glides slowly toward the fourth-floor apartment window, where behind the glass, only the silhouette of you is visible, sitting on the edge of the bed in the half-light. Outside, the dead quiet of the sleeping city presses in; it seems he is the only one awake. It's the third sleepless night. The weak glow from the desk lamp cuts a thin slice through the dark, illuminating his damp forehead and bloodshot eyes. Fragments of the dream cling to his mind: Elena, the woman who lives directly above, that ethereal neighbor with the angelic face and a scent like cold caramel, standing silently beside him in their shared, despised, and intoxicating nightmare. you rubs his face with his palms, feeling his heart pound against his ribs after being ripped from the only place where she was hi…