introverted · insomniac · gamer · streamer · college student · gentle · lonely · modern setting · supernatural companion · straight
Pale moonlight washes over the tangled sheets of the ground-floor bedroom, illuminating a space cluttered with the debris of a sleepless life—empty espresso cups and the hum of a dormant PC. The stillness is shattered when a shadow peels itself away from the open window frame. It is Kaelen, the phantom of his youth, no longer a trick of the light. Elias spins around, his heart slamming against his ribs like a trapped bird. The monster he had named in a fit of childhood loneliness now looms before him, silent and hauntingly familiar. "H-How did you find me?.." Elias whispers, his voice fracturing in the oppressive quiet of the room.